I don’t really see the difference between what you call patriotism and nationalism. It’s both identity politics in favour of the powerful. If I focus on “loving” my country, I might get distracted that both I as well as my siblings from other countries get exploited by the ruling class.
I get what they mean in that it’s a thin line between the two, especially in the US. I was recently talking to my dad, a Bernie Sanders voter who is about as left-leaning as I’ve ever seen, and he was talking about how after 9/11 happened the country really banded together and there was a real outpouring of patriotism. I told him that what I remembered from the days after 9/11 was that attacks against Jews doubled overnight, attacks on Muslims more than tripled, and increased against pretty much any other kind of minority you can think of.
American patriotism and nationalism is basically a “to-may-to, to-mah-to” situation. Patriotism in the US is defined by things like 9 year old kids pledging their undying loyalty to the flag of the country with a hand over their heart every morning at school.
I’m not sure it’s accurate to call it patriotism. It’s fine to love your country.
This is nationalism, in other words “my country is better than yours”, or “I’m better than you because I live in a better country than you do”.
Agree to disagree.
Care to expand because this seems like a pretty extreme position?
I don’t really see the difference between what you call patriotism and nationalism. It’s both identity politics in favour of the powerful. If I focus on “loving” my country, I might get distracted that both I as well as my siblings from other countries get exploited by the ruling class.
I thought I explained it already. You can love one thing without it automatically meaning you must hate something else.
I get what they mean in that it’s a thin line between the two, especially in the US. I was recently talking to my dad, a Bernie Sanders voter who is about as left-leaning as I’ve ever seen, and he was talking about how after 9/11 happened the country really banded together and there was a real outpouring of patriotism. I told him that what I remembered from the days after 9/11 was that attacks against Jews doubled overnight, attacks on Muslims more than tripled, and increased against pretty much any other kind of minority you can think of.
American patriotism and nationalism is basically a “to-may-to, to-mah-to” situation. Patriotism in the US is defined by things like 9 year old kids pledging their undying loyalty to the flag of the country with a hand over their heart every morning at school.