For me, the difference between nationalism and patriotism is that patriotism is about what a country could be. It’s a willingness to sacrifice some portion of one’s own prosperity to make a better country for all. That’s certainly not what right wingers call patriotism though.
You are in my book, assuming you’re ready to make sacrifices towards that potential future. I personally think nation states are a necessary step towards something that humanity is clearly not ready for in the future, but I think we could have come up with some far better implementations.
For me, the difference between nationalism and patriotism is that patriotism is about what a country could be. It’s a willingness to sacrifice some portion of one’s own prosperity to make a better country for all. That’s certainly not what right wingers call patriotism though.
I guess I’m a patriot because I like to imagine that a country could be not existing. Nation-states were a bad idea.
You are in my book, assuming you’re ready to make sacrifices towards that potential future. I personally think nation states are a necessary step towards something that humanity is clearly not ready for in the future, but I think we could have come up with some far better implementations.
It sort of is - so long as what gets sacrificed is someone else’s and not their own:-P.
“Wear a mask? Nope, I’m a patriot!”
“Let you wear a mask, bc you “need” it to help you live? No way, bc you need to be more patriotic!”
“Patriotic” is a magic wizard-word that means “do as I say… or else”.