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GE i’ve shifted from a naive globalist to a staunch American patriot over the last 2 years. i’m not an imperialist but i would deffo build systems to protect our way of life and world view - liberty, education, and social mobility. we have our issues to iron out but i believe in us maybe a spicy take idk
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@j4ck.eth
open to opinions and discussion
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dimwit take: i love america bc in nyc i can get any kind of global cuisine i want at any hour this isn’t normal
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@0xnative
I wish there was a block button like in the blue bird. Patriotism is for me a form of racism.
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@tazes
Being a patriot is good. Loving the land you grew up is natural. Thinking that your nation is better than other, being a nationalist, is straight up dump. Greetings from Greece 🇬🇷
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@hyper
If you have not already, read The Federalist Papers (and the Anti-Federalist Papers for good measure) It's the documentation to our system of govt and will give you a great base to build off of in thinking about new systems
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@joeyroth
I get what you’re saying given the nuance of your in-thread comments, but you phrase the op in an unfortunate and maybe intentionally provocative way
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@brenner.eth
All except one of the replies here are incredibly nuanced and assuming good faith from everyone. I will work to figure out how to keep this as FC scales
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@cassie
Might be spicy on bird app, but tbh I feel the same way, though it was almost a decade ago when my perspective changed.
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@corporatefilth.eth
The key is to be patriotic but not enough that it becomes a vehicle for prejudice or sanctimoniousness. The world deserves peace but unfortunately it won’t come without sacrifice. It’s going to be a while until some sort of balance is found that benefits most people w/o being dictatorial.
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@giu
Same!
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@nemb
Honest blunt respectful feedback: the problem in this is that "our way of life" is a bit of a shit show in the sense that there are SO many people living a pretty dreadful life in America. So, if you are saying you want to protect a great lifestyle for the top 1% (IDK what's the right threshold) then, it feels off
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@novack
do you optimize for the 1%, the 10%, 25, 50, 99? and which countries are leading at each of those thresholds, and by what measure? pretty sure by “reported happiness” america is not #1 for the majority
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@rhys
Reading the replies as a Brit/NZer in Singapore makes me hopeful. US patriotism is primarily represented through a singular, negative lens to rest of world. (Myopic, extremist; and hastily normalised/balanced out by US media coverage of Russia, China, Middle East.) Ideals are universal, their application can be local.
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@benersing
Ty for sharing this. I'm generally pro global competition, but with China’s recent moves I'm becoming more pro “protectionism” from the perspective of deepening American competitiveness and ties with allies.
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“Our” way isn’t really American. America was likely the biggest symbol for the values you mention in recent history. But America also has a history of slavery, imperialism, and at the end of the day is a self interested nation. I’d rather fight for those values without any nationalistic motives or beliefs.
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I'm waiting for the day someone announces their run for president on Farcaster
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