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fandomsecrets2011-10-15 03:40 pm
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(Anonymous) 2011-10-16 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)Way to misunderstand.
Patriotism exists all over the world and existed before America did. I think being proud of one's country only because it's one's country is stupid, whether it's the US, the UK, Bolivia or Thailand or wherever.
But when people in Bolivia or Thailand or wherever are beating their chest, saying that their country is the best ever most people don't hear about it. When the US does, the whole world gets to know how great the US is, how strong and free and special - thanks, Hollywood, Internet, global economic and cultural domination. Captain America, in film theatres around the globe, to go with the real US soldiers around the globe.
And yeah, there are things to be proud of in every country, but why does it have to be about countries? Why should people be proud of what occurred in their country solely because they happened to be born there?
Does OWS have to be about belief in America, not justice or equality or...? Especially because that belief, that whole rhetoric of America as an exceptional, young country (possibly-chosen-by-God) defender of freedom, etc. was used to defend colonial, imperial expansion.
I can understand a sort of patriotic pride in countries that have been oppressed recently, the US, or any of the other former imperialistic world powers, doesn't have that excuse.
Basically, I think it's about American privilege. American + Western Europe privilege, to be fair, except US is much more dominant at the moment.