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by PopsiclePete 3319 days ago
I'm yet to see anything positive from patriotism. It's a form of outdated tribalism. Even the idea of a nation-state isn't that old - this all started with the Napoleonic Wars.

Patriotism always leads to "us" vs "them", it seems.

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Patriotism seems to be a euphemism for nationalism.