Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4?
Allero@lemmy.today 4 days ago
State-level patriotism is always bullshit to begin with.
That’s how you’re tricked into loyalty based on the most arbitrary reasons.
Be the messenger of humanity and get curious about the Universe. People are brothers, and there’s no pride in being born in one plot of land over the other.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 4 days ago
If that’s your reaction we need even more murder jets to do a fly over and the already ridiculously sized freedom flags will get even bigger!
But seriously, patriotism is an unnatural artificial and cultivated concept.
Indeed to be used by the state.
Valmond@lemmy.world 4 days ago
The state should be you, the citizens.
Allero@lemmy.today 3 days ago
The state should not exist. We are people of Earth, and we should not be divided by someone.
Valmond@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Can’t answer your post, it’s too deep (I’m on Connect, it doesn’t handle deep posts very well) so I’m answering your latest post here.
After WW2 (that Russia started with Germany):
Russia occupied half of Europe by force, calling it the soviet union. Most countries didn’t have a say and didn’t want to be in the union, and no one was allowed to leave. Some were outright invaded like Czechoslovakia.
The USA has military bases all around the world yes, but most of them are wanted by the countries, and if asked the USA will leave (see France for example). The USA has not tried to annex one single country.
If you can’t see the difference we’ll then I just can’t discuss more subtle things with you like countries and borders and gouvernances. So yeah it took a turn there I guess, a shame if it ends, because it’s been interesting!
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 days ago
So we shouldn’t band together, to band together.
You should calm down your drug use IMO.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That is only in theory, like the copcept of democracy