Re: what makes a republican/Democrat
 

Good post, your knowledge of other countries politics is beaucoup. But nationalism has always been associated with conservative thought. It certainly isn't liberal. The classic liberals like Rousseau, Locke, Mill were all universalists. Whereas their conservative counterparts, Machiavelli and Hobbes believed in the nation-state. I don't know much about the modern day liberals and conservatives, but Reagon is far more nationalist than say Chomsky.