This is a Monday Column piece published at 3 Quarks Daily that outlines some of the philosophical repercussions of two previously-published articles: the linguistic update of the study of nationalism, and the elucidation of some psychological underpinnings of nationalist beliefs that such an update suggests, both of which have been posted here before. The penultimate, uncorrected version is attached here, while the final, published version is at the link below. As mentioned before, someone should tweet it and make me famous. https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2021/08/some-philosophical-corollaries-of-the-linguistic-update-of-the-study-of-nationalism.html