When nationalism is benign and when it is toxic, is difficult to point to....it's a slippery slope..who decides how much nationalism is alright and according to what standard?
Nationalism is a much much better way to organize human societies than say religious pride and sense of religious belonging
Nationalism takes the responsibility of demarcating a much more compact, coherent, tighter knit group of people and propels them forward towards progress.....Religion is always hamstrung by trying to bring disparate groups and gepographies together
Religion could not bind Pakistan to Afghanistan OR Afghanistan to Tajikistan
Religion failed to bind Nepal and India together
Religion also failed to bind Bhutan,Tibet together when Tibet was free and powerful
This century is a century for nationalism