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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pessimist" data-source="post: 24872385" data-attributes="member: 566496">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PatriotismPatriotism or national pride is the feeling of love, devotion and sense of attachment to a homeland and alliance with other citizens who share the same sentiment. This attachment can be a combination of many different feelings relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political or historical aspects. It encompasses a set of concepts closely related to nationalism.<a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/patriotism/" target="_blank">https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/patriotism/</a>The standard dictionary definition reads “love of one’s country.” This captures the core meaning of the term in ordinary use; but it might well be thought too thin and in need of fleshing out. In what is still the sole book-length philosophical study of the subject, Stephen Nathanson (1993, 34–35) defines patriotism as involving:Special affection for one’s own countryA sense of personal identification with the countrySpecial concern for the well-being of the countryWillingness to sacrifice to promote the country’s good</blockquote>

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