• blazera@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Ill take pride in my country once it’s a country worth being proud of. The mass shootings, the increasing sales of large trucks and SUV’s and the resulting increase in pedestrian deaths, repeal of Roe v Wade, abandoned minimum wage, collective bargaining bans, rampant corporate landlords. We’re so fuckin poised to be a renewable energy leader but we still have legalized bribery from fossil fuel companies. I have nothing but shame for where I was born.

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      10 months ago

      i consider myself fortunate to be a citizen of a country where i can be a part of making a country worth being proud of. i might just be one person, but i’ve met plenty of people from other countries who don’t have an option of having a say in how to make their country something to be proud of. i feel like americans or anyone for that matter only see things as they currently are instead of seeing their own personal impact on the potential at making it better.

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    10 months ago

    Patriotism isn’t leftist. Providing an economic structure that works for all people regardless of borders is leftist.

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      10 months ago

      Well that’s disregarding the other ideas of social progressivism but regardless, patriotism can be found in leftism.

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    10 months ago

    Of course Republicans don’t own patriotism. Like everything else, they’ve redefined “patriotism” to actually mean nationalism so they can claim everyone that doesn’t lick a boot to be “unpatriotic”.

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    10 months ago

    Are they even trying to anymore? I mean honestly they seem very Pro China, pro-russia, anti-American in general.