A line in the sand

I suppose the main reason I dislike patriotism so much is because it's following something that has no importance at all. It is declaring allegiance to lines on a map rather than to anything that actually means something. It is claiming that a constitution or a set of arbitrary rules is more important than people are. People put countries up on pedestals and think themselves better because they were born in a particular country. But they are not better. All a country is, is a line painted on the ground. And to idolize everyone born on one side of that line and hate everyone on the other side is the most barbaric and baseless idea on this planet.

Let's say for instance that I were to paint a line on the ground. This line does not act as a barrier, it is not a wall or fence or anything of the sort. It is nothing more than a line of paint. I stand on the left side of the line and face my fellow Left-side-of-the-line-ians and proclaim our side to be better than the right side. We on the left side follow all the ideals and philosophies that are inherently good, while all the heathens on the right side follow insane ideas that can only lead to ruin and Chaos. I give absolutely no reasoning on why my side of the line is better, I just say it is. Would you believe me? No! Of course not! But that's all a country is! It's a line on the ground that separates people. It isn't a matter of philosophy, ideology, race, or religion. It is nothing more than a line.

So why do you patriots follow something so baseless? Why follow something so inhuman and soulless as a country?

A Simple Request

To those of you who consider yourselves Anarchists and express your viewpoint by terrorizing people and painting the letter “A” on stuff, I have a simple request. PLEASE STOP! You people are ruining what was once a respectable philosophical viewpoint.

Right now there are two sides to Anarchism:

There are the true Anarchists who have made the philosophical decision that government is not conducive to a stable society. These are the people who have read the works of Mikhail Bakunin or Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and have found merit with the socio-political implications of the movement.

And then there are the pseudo-anarchists. These are the ones who give the party such a bad reputation. They consist mostly of rebellious high school students, punk rockers, and biker gangs. These are people who are simply looking for an excuse to act like immature assholes. It's a movement of whiny teenagers who don't want to follow any rules, and find philosophical justification for their actions via their fundamentally flawed views of Anarchism.

You people need to grow up and stop tarnishing the name of those of us who are actually trying to make the world a better place!