East Asia's various nationalisms don't strike me as very Buddhist in nature, but I'd be interested to hear how they are. The Chinese Communist Party is still very materialist in nature -- and not particularly interested in Buddhism. It is the most dominant force in the country -- and uses Han nationalism to rule with a dose of capitalist materialism. At the moment it is crushing the most authentically Buddhist country in the world Tibet.
This contrasts with the Anglosphere whose humanism is manifested in an ideology with universal claims of human rights, scientific reason, anti-racism (through a tortured and hypocritical history), republican/democratic governance and materialistic capitalism. It uses this humanism to justify its actions much more than say China uses buddhism to justify its actions.
This contrasts with the Anglosphere whose humanism is manifested in an ideology with universal claims of human rights, scientific reason, anti-racism (through a tortured and hypocritical history), republican/democratic governance and materialistic capitalism. It uses this humanism to justify its actions much more than say China uses buddhism to justify its actions.
