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I believe no sane person can fully commit to "my country, right or wrong". Being Polish I admit that my country does some shitty things and I support the EU in
by praptak 5y ago
I believe no sane person can fully commit to "my country, right or wrong".
Being Polish I admit that my country does some shitty things and I support the EU in their actions to stop that (fines, blocking of funds).
Maybe you should be a patriot for the country, not the state. Germany the country transcended the Third Reich and is mostly fine today.
- MereInterest 5y agoMy preferred addition, usually attributed to Carl Schurz, is to add "if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right." to the phrase. That addition changes it from a statement of blind obedience to a statement of social responsibility.
- RobertoG 5y agoI think being a patriot is caring about the people of your country, all of them, even the ones you don't like, not the country or the state. If you do that, war is the last thing you want.
- petre 5y agoWell, Poland us doing the right thing right. Germany may have transcended the Third Reich but they are doing exactly the same mistake that the UK did pre 1939. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/chamberlain-and-hitler/#background https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/cham...