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The Term "national Idea" Is An Unclear One. One Might Think Of It As A Widely Shared Understanding Among A People As To The Desired Way Of Life In Their Country, An Idea That Holds Sway Over The Population. A Unifying Concept Like That Can Be Useful, But Should Never Be Created Artificially Or Imposed Top-down By The Powers-that-be.

... We Brush Aside All Scales Not Our Own, As If They Were Follies Or Delusions.

Only A Magician Can Fix A Head On A Body, But Any Fool Can Lop It Off.

If You Live In A Graveyard, You Can't Weep For Everyone.

Today When We Say The West We Are Already Referring To The West And To Russia. We Could Use The Word 'modernity' If We Exclude Africa, And The Islamic World, And Partially China.