Patriotism - worth its weight?
It is almost contrived to say that history can educate the leaders and key thinkers of the present, yet the phrase “learn from the past” appears in nearly every history book’s introduction. With all the historians and well-read politicians in this society, hasn’t anyone been able to understand one vital thing: patriotism is lethal? Nationalism has proven itself a potentially dangerous force in the past. Even today, as politics unfold in their sinister manner, patriotism finds itself waiting to erupt on both sides of the coin. Patriotism strips people of their identities, of their names, and of their ideas, rolling them into a homogenous and mindless demographic buried under the emotions catalyzed by flags and emblems. And yet, if children have flipped through their textbooks for generations and have been taught to learn from historical mistakes, why hasn’t anybody? In the past, nationalist movements have only resulted in the ugliest
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Approximate Word count = 638
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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