you guys should do like us in south america and throw all your pride for your country based on how good they did in the most recent big soccer cup
:morshupls: Americans explaining the difference between Nationalism and Nationalism but slightly less obviously terrible
No one has ever explained the difference well so I’ve always assumed they are the same thing and so far I’ve been correct. Literally anyone I’ve ever met who calls themselves a “patriot” is a nationalist.
Nationalism is actually just the bad stuff, patriotism is [put the exact reasoning people use to justify the bad stuff here].
When I was 14 I talked about that and luckily had a sociologist friend who gave me stuff to radicalize me. Turns out the studies done show that there is no difference between nationalism and patriotism. If a person says they are either of it on average their opinion in regard to othering others, to violence against other nations, violence against refugees, antisemitism, racism, the right to expropriate other nations etc. the likelihood of violence against women etc. are the same.
There is no good patriotism.
If the U.S. = God, which it does for most U.S.icans, then not loving the U.S. is not loving God. It’s a sin of the highest order.
