Bourgeois nationalism

In Marxism, bourgeois nationalism is the practice by the ruling classes of deliberately dividing people by nationality, race, ethnicity, or religion, so as to distract them from initiating class warfare. It is seen as a divide and conquer strategy used by the ruling classes to prevent the working class from uniting against them (hence the Marxist slogan, "Workers of all countries, unite!").
Usage.
Soviet Union.
After the October Revolution, the Bolshevik government based its nationalities policy (korenization) on the principles of Marxism. According to these principles, all nations should disappear with time, and nationalism was considered a bourgeois ideology.
In his Report on the 50th anniversary of the formation of the [[USSR]], [[Leonid Brezhnev]] emphasized: "That is why Communists and all fighters for socialism believe that the main aspect of the national question is unification of the working people, regardless of their national origin, in the common battle against every type of oppression, and for a new social system which rules out exploitation of the working people."
China.
[[File:LiuShaoqi_Colour.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Liu Shaoqi]]]]
Bourgeois nationalism as a concept was discussed by China's president, [[Liu Shaoqi]] as follows:
References.
[[Category:Ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Soviet phraseology]]
[[Category:Marxist terminology]]
[[Category:Political science terminology]]
[[Category:Nationalism]]
[[Category:Soviet national policy]]
[[Category:Ukrainian nationalism]]
[[Category:Anti-nationalism]]
[[Category:Diversionary tactics]]
[[Category:Conflict (process)]]
[[Category:Power (social and political)]]
[[Category:Psychological manipulation]]