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Am I wrong for feeling cringe and ickiness when looking at my country flag? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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If you asked me like 4-8 years ago, I felt kind of neutral about things. Now I don't feel an ounce bit patriotic or proud enough to even state that I'm an American.

Now, when I see an American flag around, I see it as a symbol of fascism, anti-intelluctialism, neo-nazism, and late-stage capitalism amongst other things. If there's an American flag flying on a car, I can totally see that person possessing at least one of those qualities.

I suppose it's good to be self aware and not blindly feel patriotic and ignoring that your country needs improvement.

I don't know what I'm expecting in the comments here but just thought I would get this off my chest.

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

A German comedian put this quite well: Only in a patriotically heated hothouse can racism/nationalism thrive

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    And a German philosopher said: "The cheapest sort of pride is national pride; for if a man is proud of his own nation, it argues that he has no qualities of his own of which he can be proud; otherwise he would not have recourse to those which he shares with so many millions of his fellowmen."

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