Also how does patriotism relate to respecting the planet as a whole. I like America, but I sometimes feel that I am not as patriotic as I "should". I can deffinatly see myself living in another country and being just as happy. I also feel that we should place more importance on respecting the planet as a whole that being patriotic of our own countries.
So what are your thoughts on this?
2006-10-31 02:10:26 · 5 answers · asked by haiku_katie 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Yes, you can prefer the well-being of your own country over that of other countries. This is called nationalism.
Yes, there are other countries you can live in and be happy in. I would stick to the Anglo-Scandia countries, though. These have a strong tradition of individual freedoms and include the USA, Canada, the UK (the original), Australia and New Zealand. These also include Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland.
Don't worry about being patriotic. Patriotism is an over-used word these days. You do not have to wear or wave a flag to be an American patriot. Voting will do it.
Most Americans are also catching globalism which is concern for the planet, the planet's ecology, and the world at large. Citizens from other advanced countries are also catching it. Those in the poor countries are mostly concerned with staying alive. We need to help them get a better standard of living, better food, better security, and better education before they will have time to catch globalism.
2006-10-31 02:27:59 · answer #1 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sentiments exactly. Since when does flying a particular symbol make our lives more worthy than anyone else.
The older I get, the more narrow minded and harmful that concept becomes to me. It is simply tribalism on a somewhat larger scale, the same instinct that causes the factions in the mid-East to be at war for the past three thousand years.
If I had to prioritze my identity markers, I would put human first, then female, then mother, then American, etc.
How this country has behaved toward the rest of the world, in the distant and recent past has made me not so proud to be American, although I realize it is still one of the best places to live.
2006-10-31 10:51:57 · answer #2 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is only natural for one to wish good economics and peace to their own country. If more countries did, they would be better off. However, some countries would just rather flee and forget their own country rather than make it a better place.
Americans have always muscled up to get life the way we like it. From George Washington to Martin Luther King Jr. we have set aspirations and goals to make life in America the best.
2006-10-31 10:23:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know about the morally acceptable bit. Each to his own on that one. But isn't it human nature to love your country more than any other nation? Why do people fight for their country? Why do people who die abroad want to return 'home' to be buried?
It is not the country or your countrymen which make you feel unpatriotic, perhaps, but the decisions made by those in power in your country. It is their decisions which create the feelings towards your country felt by other nations and their decisions which contribute to pollution of the environment, for example. something which doesn't particularly affect them but is having a devastating effect on the continent that can afford it least, Africa.
The only real ways that we can affect any change in this is by voting to get someone else in power who will hopefully reverse these monumental decisions. Either that or emigrate!
2006-10-31 10:18:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes I think so - 110%
2006-10-31 10:12:04 · answer #5 · answered by blackratsnake 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋