Are there good models for national pride remaining about national achievements and not devolving into racism? Nation elevates the whole above the individual, which may be to the detriment of any nation, given it's only individuals who achieve things.
In a thriving nation-state, the state does very little, and the nation accomplishes a lot. Because the state does very little, politics is a very small part of life. Because the nation accomplishes a lot, national pride is a big part of life.
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Nasa achieved the moon landing, not individuals. Groups matter.
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I used to think that too.
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Reminds me of what IIRC
@JonHaidt said re overpoliticisation of everyday life when state is weak. Cf. In Budapest you *know* which cafe or restaurant is Left / Right (any!) and people choose based on that... Not to mention workplaces. It's nuts and everybody hates each other. -
That said would be super hard to argue with full conviction, sorry, that nation states are here to stay. We don't know that.
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I'd have agreed. But then you had to smuggle in `national pride`.
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What's wrong with national pride, pray tell.
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In a thriving human being, the Ego does very little, and the Being accomplishes a lot.
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Lao Tzu.
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