There's some rather simplistic conclusions being made here
YES, I'M GENERALISING.
about litter and national pride for example, which are about as unrelated as one could get.
DISAGREE, ITS A PERFECT EXAMPLE
I don't like nationalism and I don't leave litter. I don't really agree with the way the US does its business either. And I'm not remotely 'woke'. So it's a bit more complex than the cases laid out.
AGREE, AGAIN I'M GENERALISING
Isn't it even possible that the social problems here are caused more by poor education and relative poverty than a lack of national pride? The poor parts of most places in the world are full of litter, whilst the rich ones aren't.
YES, ITS A COMPLEX PROBLEM
Nowt do with national pride, just money.
UNFORTUNATELY THE TWO OFTEN GO HAND IN HAND...
I agree that we're probably the least nationalist (and racist) country in Europe, and I'm glad about that, and wouldn't want to live anywhere else as a result. But if I walked down the street seeing Union Jacks everywhere (or even worse, that bloody red cross), I would think the world had gone insane. Nationalism proposes that someone from a certain tribal group is 'better' than someone else from a different tribal group, when they're clearly not - they may have more money, but that's about it.
AGREE; NATIONALISM IS ABOUT CELEBRATING AND PROMOTING WHAT YOU HAVE WHILST LOOKING DOWN ON OTHERS.
noun
noun: nationalism; plural noun: nationalisms
identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
WHAT I'M PREACHING IS PATRIOTISM WHICH IS SIMPLY CELEBRATING WHAT YOU HAVE.
noun
noun: patriotism
the quality of being patriotic; devotion to and vigorous support for one's country.
That's hardly good for the collective in the long term. The Scottish independence campaign, for example is a classic example of small-minded parochialism overriding common sense and economic stability. And it will create an equivalent English campaign of vehemence as its natural bedfellow. And we
really don't need that.
TOTALLY AGREE; I'M A PATRIOTIC WELSHMAN (PLEIDIOL WYF I'M GWLAD
) BUT THE LAST THING WALES OR SCOTLAND NEEDS IS INDEPENDANCE; IT WOULD PUT US BACK IN THE STONE AGE.
We are also 'ruled' by a 'royal' family who seem to be pretty corrupt now, when examined with a clear head, and were always corrupt in the past.
WE ARE NOT RULED BY THEM; THEY ARE FIGUREHEADS AND A HEAD OF STATE.
The peoples of the world are ideally coming together to solve our collective problems better, not splitting apart into a million Trumptons.
I do accept though that it was The Firebird Suite and not Rite of Spring