I have to agree with OP to some extent, I didn't achieve anything. The people who founded and created my country did. I was just born on it, by chance and I'm very grateful to be Aussie, I wouldn't want to belong to any other nationality (we are the lucky country after all) but I can't ignore my ethnicity, the blood that runs through my veins has and always will be Italian and Austrian. I love them all, but I'm not insanely patriotic and sacrificing myself for it? Uh, I don't know man. Why?
Because countries, nationalities etc they're a human conception. We've created these imaginary boundaries to separate ourselves as Russian, Chinese etc. We've drawn imaginary lines and created different cultures but in the end...we all belong to the same planet and to the same species, homo sapiens. Our construction of society is merely an artificiality and a little funny, when you think of it. I don't see race, country or language...I see a single species. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Why the downvotes? She's touched on a very good point here
Its like gay pride, your being pridefull about your sexuality AND equality, that is Until you do a straight pride parade and then its apparently "surpressive" to express your sexuallity and to be happy about who you are...
But that's imply that gay people actually have equality; a lot of them don't. That's why gay people have pride parades- to support one another and show pride in a quality that still has a lot of criticism surrounding it. No one gets criticized for being straight- straight people have all of their rights already given to them, therefore, there's really no need for straight pride parades. Same with black history month- it's here to celebrate the overcoming of racial inequality and support the African-American community. When you're white, there never really is any racial discrimination surrounding you; you never had to overcome being oppressed the way black people have, therefore, a white history month isn't really necessary.
I am sorry but this post is dumb patriotism love for your country is awesome. Because by the time you identify as someone who is patriotic chances are you have been living and experiencing that country up to that point so Yeh. Now radical patriotism. THAT sucks
I'm with the OP. There's abosultely nothing wrong with patriotism. But to me it feels like being a sports fan to a game on a much bigger playing field.
Because countries, nationalities etc they're a human conception. We've created these imaginary boundaries to separate ourselves as Russian, Chinese etc. We've drawn imaginary lines and created different cultures but in the end...we all belong to the same planet and to the same species, homo sapiens. Our construction of society is merely an artificiality and a little funny, when you think of it. I don't see race, country or language...I see a single species. Nothing more, nothing less.
I'm proud of the people who've defended it and built off of it.