What has happened to my country disgusts me so deeply I am losing my will to live. The only thing to be hopeful for are the midterm elections and I feel like it is foolish beyond reason to expect that to become a magic wand. Hell is empty and the devils are all here.
Pride was once pretty much universally considered a sin, usually because it results in things like arrogance, lack of humility, and a general disconnect from the reality of one's own self. Nationalism often takes the form of pride and is encouraged to some degree by most governments, and now we have an entire month dedicated to that other kind of it.
So, maybe passing peak pride, if that's what's occurred, isn't such a bad thing? A national humility month would probably be more psychologically healthy.
I mean, I kinda found national pride to be a funny concept, but maybe that's because I come from a place that's changed (depending on how you count) 6 different countries in the last 100 years.
You guys on the other hand, even the libs/dems, had a version of the manifest destiny in your pockets, or so it seemed. And now one half (or on HN 95% of US users) of you are suddenly appalled with the state of things. To the outside world, however, not much other than theatrics, has changed.
Don't ever let a Republican, and especially a Trump voter, complain about the current state of affairs.
They voted for this, and have been voting for this for decades.
They have two choices: own it and admit to themselves that they do in fact support fascism, or vow to never, ever again vote Republican or similar for the rest of their lives.
I'm just amazed how high it is. Living in Europe, and reading "43% in the U.S. say they display the American flag outside their home" ... wtf. Is there any European country that has 1% do that?
It's incredible how high these levels were so recently. Never mind Trump (though I'm sure he's helping). Dropping from near-100% to near-50% in 25 years? Show me any societal variable that changes so quickly.
Clearly their proxy for pride is a bit noisy (flag outside the home) but still. And it's a jubilee year as well.
It's hard to feel proud of your country while it's being robbed blind and burned to the ground by a collection of cartoon villains. And knowing that a large chunk of the country either chose this deliberately, or ignored everyone else who told them what they were choosing.
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[ 230 ms ] story [ 1422 ms ] threadSo, maybe passing peak pride, if that's what's occurred, isn't such a bad thing? A national humility month would probably be more psychologically healthy.
You guys on the other hand, even the libs/dems, had a version of the manifest destiny in your pockets, or so it seemed. And now one half (or on HN 95% of US users) of you are suddenly appalled with the state of things. To the outside world, however, not much other than theatrics, has changed.
They voted for this, and have been voting for this for decades.
They have two choices: own it and admit to themselves that they do in fact support fascism, or vow to never, ever again vote Republican or similar for the rest of their lives.
Clearly their proxy for pride is a bit noisy (flag outside the home) but still. And it's a jubilee year as well.