Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4?
Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 3 weeks agoI deliberately exaggerated, but I dont’t understand patriotism in general (see comment under OPs response on my comment).
Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4?
Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 3 weeks agoI deliberately exaggerated, but I dont’t understand patriotism in general (see comment under OPs response on my comment).
FlashyWierz@ttrpg.network 3 weeks ago
Ah, I misunderstood then. To oversimplfy patriotism is being able to love the people, thoughts, and accomplishments of a community (country) that you belong to while seeing and understanding its flaws.
I’ve seen some other comments here describe it to various extremes but there is a clear line between patriotism and nationalism (e.g. Nazis, MAGA, etc) A patriot understands that their country isn’t infallible, a nationalist beilieves it is.
For some people the only thing they have is this sense of belonging to a group, and for others this sense of belonging is what incites them to implicitly care for the success of others.
To clarify not everyone is a patriot, nor a nationalist. People have a wide range of feelings and perceptions on the idea of a nation and their place in it.
I apologize if this doesn’t provide more clarity. The topic of patriotism is largely a philisophocal one that would take more time to yap about than I have on my lunch break lol