Patriotism and Nationalism
In all honesty, I never considered myself patriotic until the coup attempt that began shortly after the 2020 election and continues today.
I always thought that patriotism was a juvenile and oversimplified approach to a complicated world, and that, more often than not, it lay behind bigotry, hatred, and a refusal to admit and deal with even our most obvious flaws as a people.
Now I really want my country back. The brush with autocracy we’re experiencing is far too close to the end of rule of law, and everything else this nation stands for.
Here’s a clever reminder that no country on the planet provides unfettered capitalism, nor pure communism.
Interesting perspective here.
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Adding bacon to an Impossible Burger?
It appears that the quest for truth surrounding the coup attempt has been dealt a harsh blow, in the form of the Secret Service’s conspiracy to destroy evidence.
Most people cannot bring themselves to hunt animals for sport, though it’s idiotic to blame those who eat what they kill.
Sinclair Lewis isn’t the only mid-century American writer who saw this coming.
