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by alanwatts 3696 days ago
>The nation has provided that person with certain values which she/he deeply appreciates and feels strongly about: is that stupidity? Isn't it a good idea to determine what those values are and how they relate to other people before you generalize so crudely?

Indeed it is important to understand how they relate to other people, but not just people within the artificial boundaries of a nation state.

Those values weren't spontaneously and independently invented by the artificial lines drawn on a piece of paper, they were developed throughout all human history across the whole planet.