The new nationalism was extremely multifaceted and diverse. It spanned from lonely internet users to presidents, from terrorists to respectable politicians. But in all guises it shared these central political ideas. The people were homogeneous. They were in a struggle against the elites. Immigration had to be stopped. There was no truth except for tribal identity. This was how the culture war began. It was the product of identity groups, on left and right, with no notion of the individual and no acceptance of shared values.
