Yeah, it’s bad. So was Belgium in the 1800s So was Germany not too long ago. Britain has been a menace off and on since the neolithic. Malaysia, the Mughals, the Mongols, etc. Every nation goes through times when they’re a menace, both to themselves and everyone else. The US has never been a particularly good nation. But it’s young.
Believing it can get better doesn’t mean assuming it will. I also never said it would happen tomorrow. We didn’t sit around and wait for the Nazis to get better in the mid 1900s, we did what had to be done. Also, I’m Canadian, not American, so watch where you’re point the “You” friend.
Every country has a word for it. Patriotism just means something different here than it does in the US. That’s the way a lot of things work. We share a lot of words. They don’t always mean the same thing in Canada as they do in the US, which is very confusing for people.
Yeah, it’s bad. So was Belgium in the 1800s So was Germany not too long ago. Britain has been a menace off and on since the neolithic. Malaysia, the Mughals, the Mongols, etc. Every nation goes through times when they’re a menace, both to themselves and everyone else. The US has never been a particularly good nation. But it’s young.
Believing it can get better doesn’t mean assuming it will. I also never said it would happen tomorrow. We didn’t sit around and wait for the Nazis to get better in the mid 1900s, we did what had to be done. Also, I’m Canadian, not American, so watch where you’re point the “You” friend.
Do Canadians also use “patriotism” as a word? Afaik it’s not used outside North America.
Every country has a word for it. Patriotism just means something different here than it does in the US. That’s the way a lot of things work. We share a lot of words. They don’t always mean the same thing in Canada as they do in the US, which is very confusing for people.
Well we were talking about the US and there surprising decline of patriotism.
Anyway this reminds of the very funny TV show Patriot (2015–2018).