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Description: Monitoring the Growth of American Authoritarianism
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Patriotism divides citizens into multiple factions based on variable notions of a nation and its history. Citizenship can unify voting citizens by focusing citizens on forming a more perfect union.
On the one hand, we have national patriotism. Patriotism is love of, identification with, concern for, and willingness to sacrifice/die for a nation. Patriotic individuals display their patriotism by pledging allegiance and by using symbols of one’s country: flags, flag lapel pins, bumper stickers, and wearing military garb. The problem here is that ‘patriotism’ is based on a nebulous, individually-defined entity: a country with a selectable history. One’s willingness to die for a variable entity should c
– “A fuller account of patriotism is beyond the scope of this article . Such an account would say something about the patriot’s beliefs about the merits of his country, his need to belong to a group and be a part of a more encompassing narrative , to be related to a past and a future that transcend the narrow confines of an individual’s life and its mundane concerns, as well as social and political conditions that affect the ebb and flow of patriotism, its political and cultural influence , and more.”
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