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Why We’re Patriotic
- tempodox 11y agoIn the bad old times, patriotism might have been appropriate. Hell, there was a time when “l’état, c’est moi“ was appropriate. Since the opponents of civilized progress have grown to be transnational, patriotism is a quaint indulgence from the past, at best.
- jeremysmyth 11y agoAnd at worst, it not only promotes but requires othering, categorizing those who are slightly different as somehow less. It's the basis of all sorts of institutional racism and xenophobia and lends these a veneer of social acceptability, and has no place in any community that can see beyond its own valley.