• taladar@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Even pride in your nation can be cringe, depending on how justified that pride actually is.

    As a German who was raised long after WW2 let me just say that pretty much all pride in your nation is pretty cringe, no matter how justified. The one exception would be maybe if you had a major part in improving your nation personally.

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      4 months ago

      Hmm. Should I be proud my nation accepts more immigrants than anybody else? If we stopped, I’d stop being proud, so the way I’ve thought of it that doesn’t make me a nationalist. I certainly don’t want to be a nationalist.