Originally Posted by Akria

Putting humanity first sometimes means putting your nation second, and only occasionally do the two - humanity and your nation - coincide.

As for defining oneself by one's humanity: essentially quit with the stupid and irrational nationalism and embrace the fact that we are all human.

cassie, could I ask you to do something?
Look down at your body and tell me what you see.

Do you see a human being first or do you see an Englishman?

If the latter then I beg to know how, given that there are no distinguishing characteristics for the English.

And how are they prevented from doing so? The House of Commons is made up in the large majority by English MPs. We are hardly unrepresented in the government.
Democracy is a natural part of humanity, although nowadays we must be content more with a vague representative style of government than an actual democracy, as large populations render true democracy impossible.