Reading Scruton on environmental philosophy. It's a clearly, lucidly written book, a lot of Heidegger though and I just don't think nationalism and environmental conservation are going to work, ultimately.
OMG this book is so anti-EU. (!!) I still find it super-useful to see this articulated though, so I appreciate the book. I would answer to Scruton that well nation states got a big push (funds, people giving their lives), of course they're doing well. 
Also, not all is well. We are confronted with global stuff (pandemic, and climate change, hello) and nation states are simply not up to the job. And the failings of nation states are weirdly incapsulated in the resurgent nationalism cf this excellent piece theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/…
If the choice is between conservatism (of the intelligent kind cf Scruton, CS Lewis, Tolkien) and modernity of the internationalist kind, I still feel pulled toward modernity (thinking of @lastpositivist and @Kinder_Cons as 2 interesting voices on these contrasting positions!)
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