Tue 6 Jul 2010
Some thoughts on “patriotism” written on July 4
Posted by k under Democracy , Globalization/EmpireNo Comments
The Japanese pilots who bombed Pearl Harbor were being patriotic. The German people who supported Hitler and his conquests were being patriotic, fighting for the Fatherland. All the Latin American military dictators who overthrew democratically-elected governments and routinely tortured people were being patriotic – saving their beloved country from “communism”. (more…)