Yuval Noah Harari

That the whole of the history of philosophy and spirituality is an argument with exactly that point of view.

That the only reality is power.

The only reality is force.

And from the viewpoint of a historian, it's clear that this is not the case.

If the only human reality was brute force, we would still be living in tiny hunter-gatherer bands in the African savannah.

Because the whole of human history is about how do you get more people to cooperate and to trust each other?

And you cannot do that only with brute force.

That's a different argument.

It's an argument that recognizes that not everything is based just on force and brute power.

Definitely, nationalism has been one of the most successful and also one of the most positive stories that humans have ever come up with.

For me, nationalism is not about hating other groups.

Nationalism at its core is about loving and caring about a large number of strangers that you do not know personally, but you're nevertheless willing to make a lot of sacrifices for them.

The nation is not a family.

The nation is not even a small tribe.

In a small tribe, you know everybody.

It's based on personal relationships.

With nations, one of the most striking things about them is that you don't know 99.99% of the other people in your nation.

And this is true not only of big nations like China or India.

This is also true of Israel.

There are like about 10 million Israelis.