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Originally Posted by soulchoice
You’re not an outlier. I agree with this. Patriotism(my country is the best), civic pride(insert my city is the best) or even brand pride (this brand I buy is the best) is something I’ve never understood.
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it is purely emotionally fuelled and based on an irrational over attachment to an entity
meanwhile the country , city and brand don't really give a **** about you personally anywhere near the same extent . you're just another number on the stats sheet
pride within reason is fine .. but to take it as far as people have just shows they're completely out of tune with reality and have let their emotions completely drive the bus
no entity is worth the things people will willingly put on the line for , potentially ruining their own livelihoods
but really these are just arbitrary invisible lines that divide and organize us into separate populations while we occupy and share the same land and planet
attacking the infrastructure of your country while waving its flag is also something that clearly very little thought was actually put into
it was created through diplomatic processes over years , and you think that up-ending it by force overnight is honoring its history and is patriotic? you're clearly lost, out of touch, and don't care nor remember any of what you were taught in middle school social studies about this country you were raised in