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macronage@startrek.website ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

It sounds like you’re proud of your country and want it to improve. That’s what the SMBC comic is saying is “patriotism”. They might have used simpler & fewer words than you did, but that’s only to dumb it down so it’s easily understood.

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squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
No. I am not proud of my country, that would be stupid. I am proud of my kids, I am proud of my accomplishments, but I certainly are not proud of things I took very little part in making.

Are you proud that air exists? I have better things to be proud of than a country.

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- macronage@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  
  For example, I live in Vienna. Public transport here is amazing. Housing is pretty great. Education is free and good. Public healthcare is free and really good. I’m going to keep voting and contributing to keep these things good.
  
  Many people would consider this civic pride. You don’t have to.
  
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  - squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    First of all, nobody was talking about civic pride, and second, you have to be really stupid to be proud of something you had no part in accomplishing.
    
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