We know that hyper-nationalism for whatever the purpose, has caused serious harm, suffering, death, and genocide across humans for thousands of years. When we look through history at the Native American genocide, the Holocaust, Palestinian Genocide, Sudanese genocide, etc. we're looking at the product of white supremacy, colonialism, and patriarchy taking the power of our future and history away. The goal of hyper & religious nationalism is to be the complete dominant figure in the world (or to be dominant with allied nations), whether or not their end goal is eugenics, a slave state, or to have religious control. Throughout history we see the justification of legal rule or law, with that of a specific moral and religious values, when these laws and regulations may be completely reasonable outside the context of religion. Often times we see the good in spirituality and religiosity and so we mend these definitions with morality and ethics; however, for some this is not the case. When we discuss Religious Nationalism, we are outlining the way in which co-opting of religious beliefs, specific perceptions/interpretations of religious writings, and influence over those who share your assumed common beliefs; are able to disproportionately and inappropriately shapes the political, legal, and functional, systems of balance in a government. When a religious identity is taken as far as to take autonomy away from the greater people based on their religious opinions or identity, rather than uplifting and making productive efforts to support people in making that decision for themselves with the information one has to give, we have a co-opting of religious identity. That religious identity is no longer based in morals or spirituality but in a cult mindset that allows abuse, lack for consent (rape culture), and manipulation in order to produce more power for those who uphold the religion.

Zionism is a form of religious-nationalism that has been the cause of the genocide of Palestinians and the highest cause of death for children this year globally (2025). 

Christian nationalism is an ideology that merges national identity with a specific vision of Christianity, asserting that a nation’s laws, social culture, and daily life should be shaped by Christian beliefs and values. It goes beyond personal faith or religious practice. It treats Christianity as a defining feature of the nation or land and uses that religious agenda to create powerful propaganda in hopes they can take hold in political power. 

"Zionism, Jewish nationalist movement with the goal of the creation and support of a Jewish national state in Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews (Hebrew: Eretz Yisraʾel, “the Land of Israel”). Though Zionism originated in eastern and central Europe in the latter part of the 19th century, it is in many ways a continuation of the ancient attachment of the Jews and of the Jewish religion to the historical region of Palestine. According to Judaism, Zion, one of the hills of ancient Jerusalem, is the place where God dwells."

Direct Quote: Brittanica

Systems of Oppression: Built through the continued societal uplifting of the social constructs that protect and empower the oppression and the discriminatory and violent practices associated with them. 

Oppression is a way of keeping specific people- defined often by social constructs- that lower social status, lateral policing of identity and behaviors- based on a desired appearance or behaviors, creates inequities that create a skewed social dynamics and impact all people. Whether or not we believe it, there are identities we carry that we may never know due to our ability to feel safe in expressing those identities freely in our current society/community. That pressure to behave and express your identities in a certain way, is part of the oppressionary systems themselves. We may feel pressured in participating in specific systems in order to keep or gain social power; sometimes our identities make it so that we fit more 'in' or 'out' of the system even with our expression of self being true. That doesn't make the identity we hold inherently bad or good, but instead that society has assigned attributes and experiences to those identities without our consent or space for personal definitions of identity. We all hold identities that oppress us, but the way in which we participate in oppression of others, defines the true motivations of a person when it comes to their identities and their appearance.

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