or you could just move to America, because we are Americans, and not Germans, Hungarians, swedish, Finnish, British, whatever, we are all just Americans.
Patriotism is a good thing, its what makes countries and people strive to be better then others, which creates progress, either social, economical, or scientific. You just be yourself, and be proud of who you are, wherever you live. If you decide you have to dumb yourself down to fit a norm, that you think your society accepts, maybe you should stop being a sheep, and be an individual. Just sounds like excuses to be some sort of emo anarchist or some shit.
We aren't all American. We are just too scared to stand up to you and your imperialsitic and extortionary politics, every time you bully, exploit or attack "weaker" nations under false pretenses. I think your time will soon be over, though. The capitalism you love so much has crippled your state to the point where you are bankrupt. Your public debts (measured against GDP) has reached Greek proportions. You know what you should do? End the charade and do the patriotic thing: get rid of your government altogether and let banks and corporations rule your country officially. Your founding fathers, as well as many great "socialistic" leaders and authors, warned you about the power of the capital and of international corporations. Some of your presidents tried to fight it and ended up dead. You lost the class war without even noticing it, that's how well you are being brain washed. You think you live in a democracy and don't realize how capitalism is any democracy's antagonist. And the balance between the two is completely broken by now. You could demand your public property back, so the profits can be invested in the people and country. But for some reason, you still believe the world to be better, when the profits generated by the common workers are kept by the capitalists for global investment gaming. They don't even pay their fair share in taxes, if they can avoid it or find a country that lets them exploit the public even better. They take zero resposibility for society. And if they tried, they wouldn't be competitive. System fail.
On second thought, the US probably won't go down, after all. The capital still needs you to defend, spread and further deregulate its playgrounds around the world. It will keep you alive just enough to do that - no unnecessary spending for social systems, of course.
If you think nations should try and be "better" than others, you should read Hilters "Mein Kampf". You would like it. Competition does indeed bring technological and economical advances faster, while it ruins any social achievements (and the environment) in the process. In capitalism, human rights are an obstacle that needs to be avoided, in your noble worldwide quest for the cheapest price. Exploit or perish and be assimilated by your rivals! In the end, all but one have fallen. Competition, yay! And as an investor, always bet on the most ruthless slave-drivers. Don't, under any circumstances, invest in the poor and hungry. That's a money sink, so where is the point?
Patriotism and religion are the best and easiest ways to mobilize the masses, give them an easy explanation they can understand and live with, and hide your real motivations as a leader. Just take 9/11 (wether it was an inside or outside job, I don't know). The masses wanted war so badly afterwards, that it didn't even matter wether the countries that were attacked, had anything to do with it. Bush, Rumsfeld and Co. then went to the UN and shamelessly lied about supposed "weapons of mass destruction" etc., so they can have their war. They extorted nations into their "Coalition of the Willing". Today, we know it was all a big scam, but do you care? Countless common people got killed in a war for ressources, influence of the dollar, the domestic war industries, speculations etc, to benefit the capitalists. How is that possible? With patriotism. You just need to know, that you are the good guys and you bravely fought an "Axis of Evil". The rest is fancy gibberish.
You know what's the good thing about the US regime compared to other oligarchies? The pseudo-democratic seperation of power and representatives. The representatives commit the crimes, but once they retire, there is nobody left to blame. Meanwhile, the powerful dynasties behind the curtain stay out of sight and continue to do their politics. Even better, people will believe they actually had a choice.
I suggest YOU stop being a sheep and get informed. And don't try and discredit people personally with "emo and shit", because they understand something and you don't.
Btw, for a nation with less than 250 years of history and culture, you are pretty full of yourselves. If anything, you are Europeans.
edit: I just re-read your post and I guess I completely misunderstood your meaning when stating "we are all americans". Sorry about that
That doesn't change anything about the patriotism-part... or the rest. Though it was a little uncalled for, I guess.
