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Have you ever thought about how this pride for your nation, pervasive at the point of feeling natural, might cloud your judgment when dealing with other nations
by Udik 11y ago
Have you ever thought about how this pride for your nation, pervasive at the point of feeling natural, might cloud your judgment when dealing with other nations that might have competing, but perfectly legitimate, interest?
In other words, are American citizens able to put themselves in the place of others, and judge fairly and dispassionately about international events? Because this is what I have strong doubts about.
- tynpeddler 11y agoHave you considered if your instinctive discomfort with group identities might make it difficult to understand the genuine differences in mindsets and worldviews that arise between different groups of people? I ask because it seems that people who reflexively dismiss the importance of groups can make as many errors in judgement as those who reflexively adhere to group identities.
- TulliusCicero 11y agoI think you're overthinking this cultural convention. It's like talking to a Japanese person and saying, "How you ever thought about how bowing instead of shaking hands de-normalizes physical human contact?"