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squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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