Is Nationalism a Good or a Bad Thing?

         Nationalism gives people a sense of pride for their country and this pride is which makes people act for the wealth of it. If their country, people or believes are threatened they will give a step and do what’s best for their country. An example is the Crisis that is happening in Libya, the president is being anti nationalist by destroying his country and killing people of his own race so rebels on an act of nationalism have started to fight against him because they value their country. Like we seen nationalism motivates people to work hard for what they value and this makes people unite as one to accomplish this.        

              Unity equals power and when people works together anything can be accomplish. Nationalism is a way in which unity is strengthens because the love and pride people feel for their nation make them work as one for their country.  People feel part of something and supported by others so they act and defend what they value and forget about differences. In Egypt a large group of people protested against the government of Hosni Mubarak with the goal of the removal of his regime and they succeeded, this is a great example of unity being strengthened by nationalism to achieve something.  

        Events that are recently happening in the world like the ones I've just mentioned are great examples of nationalism characteristics which make us build an opinion whether nationalism is good or bad.  In my opinion nationalism is good because it motivates people to act and it strengthens unity. Some people might not agree with me and some might do but there is no wrong sides so don’t be scared to make your own opinion about nationalism.