How Do We Secure Ethnic Continuity?
This topic is verboten in America, Canada, and most of Western Europe, thus making this article important reading.
How to secure ethnic continuity? This is a fundamental question that has been asked by nationalists in every country around the world. I will go a step further and say that it is a fundamental nationalist question...
We want this question to be asked... We want them to ask this question, and not just the question of if we should secure ethnic continuity, but how to secure ethnic continuity.
Asking this question is how we honor our forefathers and how we take care of our descendants...
... asking questions about the nature of patriotism and national identity can be seen as a taboo in the West — and increasingly in Eastern Europe as well...
Every state takes care to regenerate what it considers its values, and these values do not exist in a vacuum... And so, as we celebrate our patriotism and love for our country, we must also be mindful of our duty to preserve the cultural, social, and spiritual traditions that have made us who we are...
In our time, it is more important than ever to consciously strive for ethnic continuity. Only then we can ensure that our heritage is passed down to future generations. Nationalism is not a political or social construct. It is an ideal that inspires feelings of love, loyalty, and sacrifice. It is a force that can unite people and create a sense of unity and solidarity in the face of adversity. And it is a source of hope and inspiration, giving us the strength and courage to face the challenges that lie ahead...
Nationality and ethnicity are of course one and the same; an attempt to separate them is to fail to understand the value of either. In the Estonian language, making such a distinction would be absurd because it would put ethnicity into the same category as arbitrary laws regarding citizenship. But this is not just a linguistic matter. It is a matter of the soul and of the spirit that unites us and makes us who we are...