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?
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