minarchist
Regular Member
Patriotism has facilitated the proliferation of tyranny
Patriotism has provided the power-hungry criminals in our government a large degree of immunity from criticism. The Patriot Act, one of the most tyrannical laws in recent times, is essentially an open admission of this truth. The mentality that one should support one's government no matter what is foolish and repugnant to liberty. We are trillions of dollars more in debt and much less free, in comparison to a scant 20 years ago, thanks to the immunity of criticism that government worship, AKA patriotism, has provided.
I have no loyalty to any state. I am loyal to my friends and I uphold ideals that are worth upholding (the importance of liberty being one of them). I do not worship a state, nor an arbitrary piece of the earth's surface, nor its population. Sure, the Constitution has some good ideas in it, but I will not put the federal government on some sort of pedestal, and fawn over a flag, just because of that. I think that the Bill of Rights is great, but that doesn't mean that I owe anything to this government, or that I am obligated to pledge allegiance to some piece of cloth.
“When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
Upton Sinclair
Patriotism has provided the power-hungry criminals in our government a large degree of immunity from criticism. The Patriot Act, one of the most tyrannical laws in recent times, is essentially an open admission of this truth. The mentality that one should support one's government no matter what is foolish and repugnant to liberty. We are trillions of dollars more in debt and much less free, in comparison to a scant 20 years ago, thanks to the immunity of criticism that government worship, AKA patriotism, has provided.
I have no loyalty to any state. I am loyal to my friends and I uphold ideals that are worth upholding (the importance of liberty being one of them). I do not worship a state, nor an arbitrary piece of the earth's surface, nor its population. Sure, the Constitution has some good ideas in it, but I will not put the federal government on some sort of pedestal, and fawn over a flag, just because of that. I think that the Bill of Rights is great, but that doesn't mean that I owe anything to this government, or that I am obligated to pledge allegiance to some piece of cloth.
“When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”
Upton Sinclair
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