Comment on If a country needs to employ state-sponsored patriotism, it's usually because there's nothing to be proud of about the country.

Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

It’s actually a general rule for humans:

“I’m beautiful”

“I’m confident”

“I’m strong”

“I’m intelligent”

“No you’re not, if you were you wouldn’t feel the need to tell it to others because they would find it out themselves.”

When people or organisations unprompted harp about their “qualities” it’s safer to assume until proven otherwise that they lack those qualities.

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