The existence of the Balkans shows us that nationalism doesn’t need a reason to exist. It just does. There will always be people who believe their country is the best whether it’s a superpower or microstate, simply because that is where they are from. And very often for those people that means ignoring anything bad their idealized nation has done.

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I’m proud of the ideals, and in that sense, I’m proud of the work I do to make the country better when I go out and protest ice, for example.

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I’m patriotic when I see how many civilians fight for their neighbors and protect people they don’t know, I feel patriotic when I see people being welcoming and interested in other cultures as that is what makes America beautiful to me. However, it’s hard to feel patriotic when the leader of our country ruins everything good about our country and our foundations and is just flat out cruel. America isn’t perfect but I used to be proud to be from here and now I’m just embarrassed

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