Generic nationalist slogans can mask a bloc’s concrete class interests

Evidence

Not only the popularisations but Mazzini’s original doctrines themselves were in point of fact extremely vague and devoid of content. Despite his active participation in the Roman Republic of 1849, Mazzini never succeeded, particularly in the crucial years 1860 70, in formulating a clear policy towards the position of the Church and the Papacy, and his slogan “Dio e popolo ” (God and People) provided a political and ideological cover for all sorts of liberal and neo-Catholic sentimentalisms. On an ideological level (and Mazzini’s influence after 1850 was mainly ideological rather than directly political) Mazzinianism represented the degeneration of the romantic patriotic impulse of the Risorgimento, co-incidental with the rise of “materialistic” positivism. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2766 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Antisemitic slogans effectively mobilize masses for imperialist destruction; Hypernationalist rhetoric served to justify a supranational monopoly of power; Official nationalism serves threatened ruling classes, not great powers alone — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 380 (+7 more)

Related

• Antisemitic slogans effectively mobilize masses for imperialist destruction (similarity 0.89)
• Vague ideological slogans can mask rather than resolve real political contradictions (similarity 0.88)
• Ruling-class unity rhetoric signals its vulnerability to pressure (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Vague ideological slogans can mask rather than resolve real political contradictions #corroborates (0.92) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 2766
• Ideology masks class by fragmenting people into individuals bound as consumers and citizens #expands (0.82)
• Ideological signs carry opposing class accents and become sites of struggle #expands (0.80)
• Political slogans can be historically concrete despite appearing abstract later #qualifies (0.75)