iris ✿ sandwalker@Sardonicus wished i could pin your post
📍@Sardonicus “Nationalism does nothing but teach you to hate people you never met, and to take pride in accomplishments you had no part in.”
― Doug Stanhope
Chris Ford
@CFord noted
#alttext "Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and a renunciation of human dignity, common sense, and conscience by the governed, a slavish submission to those who hold power. Patriotism is #slavery.
Leo #Tolstoy "The kingdom of God: and peace essays"
Or, as Mark #Twain said: (#Patriotism is) 'The last refuge of scoundrels'.