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Originally Posted by Akria
A good answer.
By that definition, though, I am uncertain as to whether I could be considered a patriot.
I wish to protect the interests of humanity as a whole more than those of the nation.
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To be honest Akria I think that is ********. Life is lived locally at the human scale, you cannot know humanity or the globe because it is beyond human facilities to do so. Even South West England is a massive stretch for someone. As Edmund Burke suggested feelings should begin and largely stay with our small platoons; our families, our communities and our region. This would be alot better for the world than internationalism and nationalism being based on a real human measure.