It's painful to see nationalists who have lost sight of what the point of politics is and fallen for political tribalism: "These guys are our side, and whatever they do is good. The other guys are the enemy, and whatever they do is bad. I 100% support my candidate/party."
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So these are the people who support "our guys" in politics even when they're not fighting for our cause. Like Trump/GOP stans who can't criticize him even when he's going against nationalist policy or even doing something that's actively harmful to the cause.
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The Finnish version of this are the Finns Party stans who attack anyone criticizing the party even when it's warranted criticism. They have forgotten that the party and politicians are just tools for achieving the actual goal. They're not the cause we're fighting for.
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This topic came to my mind when I was listening to @NickJFuentes explain why he supported Yang. I'm so used to political tribalism that it's actually refreshing to hear someone go against it and really understand it that politicians are tools for a job, not the job itself.
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Loyalty is a good thing, but the extreme of tribalism it can end up being harmful to the cause. If nationalists keep voting politicians who don't further their cause, because they have once deemed that politician to be in their tribe, we're going nowhere. Or worse than that.
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The worst case scenario are the Sweden Democrats. Party that has become so mainstream that even in full control of the country they wouldn't fix the immigration problems. But nationalists keep voting for them and thus prevent actual nationalists from rising into the parliament.
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