Re "In other words, if their self interests are suddenly threatened or investigated by the state they are no longer nationalistic"
I think I understand your point. I think you're off track to be honest. Nationalism, in its truest sense, has got nothing to do with the state threatening someone's self interest - complete bs. Some of the most nationalistic countries I have visited are in Scandinavia, yet they have more individual freedom than you have ever seen. We do have such threats in Victoria, and , whatever you think Dan Andrews might be, he's not a nationalist. You're confusing nationalism with communism - 2 very different things.
