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Since at least the 1930s, nationalism has been one of the core beliefs of right wing politics, perhaps the number one belief. It is hard to imagine what a modern right wing party would look like without at least a little racism. But what if the conservatives of the 1700s and 1800s decided that racism was too foolish an ideology for them, and they would be better off without it? Or, more cynically, what if the conservative elite decided that racism was too dangerous for them, since it could lead large numbers of commoners to demand rights on the basis that they were the same race as the elite? Without the appeal to race, conservatism would have to find some other way to justify itself. What might that be? Would there even be a right wing at all, or would the left wing dominate in this more racially tolerant world?
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