Love for Your Country

I dont love my country. In fact, I fail to see how it is realizable to love my country. Now, I live in the States, and, from close tobody whos traveled a bit, its not too bad here. The streets are fairly clean, one is discharge to say more or less what one thinks (outside of school, of course), and the standard of sustainment is fairly high. So, I like living in the US. However, I could never love America. Loving your country is a bit like harming your race, or loving all those who follow your religion it feels nice, but its wrong.America is simply another country. It has its fair percent of nice, kind folks. It has its fair share of misers. Fully half of its population is UNDER the average intelligence, as in every(prenominal) other country. Fully half is above the average intelligence, too. except because you happen to live here doesnt make you in any modality superior, or in any way special. Or, for that matter, it doesnt make you in any way inferior to anybody.It doesnt mean that you may not be special, or intelligent, or whatever, it simply means that youre not any of those things just because youre American. cosmos tall of creation American is like being royal of being Christian how can you be sublime of that? If you want to be proud, be proud of your achievements Youve taught yourself quantum physics, thats a reason to be proud. Your artwork just exchange for a whole bunch of money, thats a reason to be proud. You subscribe to just learned to read Kanji, thats a good reason to be proud.However, being proud because you can wave a cross or a specific flag? Being proud of where, exactly, your house is set(p)? Wheres the sense of that? You have no impact on America. You dont, in any significant way, affect it. Were your vote to count for a hundred votes, youd salvage not affect the country one whit. Therefore, wherefore be proud of something for which youre not responsible, of something that you havent created or affected? Call me stupid (o dds are some folks will anyway), but I dont get it.Im not aphorism to hate America. Thats as nonsensical as loving it. What Im saying is why have feelings for a giant chunk of land? Why dispense for a particular government? Love nice people, if you will. Be proud of belonging to Mensa, if you want. Those are things you can, and should, be proud of. But being proud of belonging to a giant organization for which there are no requirements, other than that you be born there? If your self- esteem is THAT low, Id recommend you lambast to psychiatrist, not write to your congressman.