If a country needs to overly emphasise an ideal, that’s usually because that ideal doesn’t apply in that country (“Land of the free”, “Democratic people’s republic of …”).

If a person needs to subscribe to patriotism, it’s usually because they have never accomplished anything better in their life than being born in a specific place.

  • morto@piefed.social
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    11 hours ago

    OR because the elites don’t like the things that make people proud of, and want to force their version of patriotism into everyone