In a modern day civic nation, one would expect us to be able to resolve our contending loyalties, but, as Source 3 points out, this is not the case. As evident through Justin Trudeau wondering about the rumbling noises moving down the pipeline, Canada still has problems getting people with conflicting loyalties to work together for a common goal. Contending loyalties, nationalist and non-nationalist, occur when people are faced with a choice of two our more loyalties, which creates tension within and between people. These tensions are illustrated through the Kinder-Morgan pipeline expansion discussed in the source. The three rumblings in the source represent a different loyalty that comes in to play when discussing the pipeline expansion. One…show more content… The first source says that people need to reconcile these loyalties, or else intolerance will be bred and equality based in the law is the way to ensure this danger is kept at bay. Source 3 illustrates that even though we try to reconcile our differences, like we should, conflicts can and do occur when people disagree over the course of a nation. Finally, source 2 demonstrates that when ethnic nationalism allows contending loyalties to grow and even encourages these extreme divides, one group becomes oppressed and dissatisfied. This source is talking about the Old Regime in France, which ultimately resulted in the French Revolution because people were so dissatisfied with the disparity. The French Revolution was a bloody and chaotic time as the common man tried to bring down the Old Regime, essentially trying to reconcile the disparity. People were tired of being oppressed and wanted France to be unified under one banner, not under three estates. Unfortunately, the French Revolution was incredibly violent with thousands of people killed before order was finally restored, demonstrating how difficult it can be to resolve old conflicting loyalties. Once order was restored by Napoleon, we see how a sense of civic nationalism and patriotism can help ease the divides between people. Napoleon created a nation where everyone was equal before the law and there was less class divide. He awarded people based on achievements, not birth, through the Legion of Honour which spread the idea the that you are not stuck in a single social class for your entire life. Suddenly, wealth, power and success seemed attainable to everyone, everywhere. Canada uses a similar system today. Although Napoleon was a conqueror who crowned himself emperor, his use of the Legion of Honour to promote a love of France was instrumental in creating a civic nation where people could get along. Even
