Most democracies have some element of nationalism (or some sort of chauvinism not based on national characteristics) in that there has to be a distinction between citizens and non-citizens, while a democracy usually makes decisions that affect outsiders.
> >The nationalist and imperialist propensities of
> >socialist planners, much more common than is
> >generally recognized, are not always as flagrant
> >as, for example, in the case of the Webbs and
> >some of the other early Fabians, with whom
> >enthusiasm for planning was characteristically
> >combined with the veneration for the large and
> >powerful political units and a contempt for the
> >small state.
Hal Draper made the useful distinction between socialism from above (e.g., the Webbs) and that from below (e.g., William Morris). They are often two very different animals... -- Jim Devine "An economist is a man [or woman] who states the obvious in terms of the incomprehensible." -- Alfred A. Knopf