Nationalism In The Early 20th Century

Nationalism does not exist, or at least it does not exist in the strictest anthropological and geographic terms. Just like time that is a nonexistent concept in physics that humanity could not live without; so is nationalism. It is a human invention that evolved out of the need for people to identify with one another within groups that they belong to. By the early 20th century the facets of nationalism have changed and so are the definitions. Today one can basically differentiate between “positive nationalism” of the kind that brings people of same and/or similar ethnicity and language into a national union; and “negative nationalism” that professes superiority of one ethno-linguistic group over another.
The real reasons behind the notion of nationalism are money and strategic domination. Furthermore, even though nationalism in the positive sense was viewed as a very positive driving force, especially in the 20th century and notably after WWII; it is a concept that should be abolished by the modern advanced society in the age of reason. This must be done due to the fact that nationalism in the post WWII period has had very few if any positive results and only in the post colonial period. Since then nationalism (especially fueled by religion) has been the principal cause of all the greatest slaughters since WWII: Korea, Vietnam, Iraq-Iran War, Yugoslavia and
This is basically true and in Europe it worked to some extent and countries like Poland, Romania and even Czechoslovakia which was artificially separated in 1992 and is now reuniting; have functioned in a normal manner as nation states since the end of