Posted by: Eutab4 May 7, 2013
An Escort, a Conartist, and a Global Citizen
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I  have agreed with your past posts, but I readily disagree with this one. The comparison of escorts and global citizens is pretty poor, but what is more interesting is why are you even coming up with this thought? or more so why certain society/people have chest-thumping patriotism? burn the place or get killed on what Hritik has to say? And you are not the only one to have this sense of wonder. Countries have waged wars on this very idea of 'induced nationalism' or namely ego. Nevertheless, it deserves an analysis. And here is my personal opinion:

The boundry ego ( due to identity, race, region, wealth etc): What was normal upto this age due to the limited understanding of the world beyond peoples immediate surroundings, now all sorts of borders are being blurred....especially due to the cultural fluidity. Everything is influenced by each other. What is an American food, what is a Nepali dress, what is a real American product, what is an Indian literature?

That is the big picture.

Now, have you ever wondered that these kinds of ultra-nationality is more prevalent in either third world countries or countries like the US with no real cultural history? The societies with financial well-being and rich history (most of the European countries) don't really give a shit about it. That doesn't make people there '-- country haters'. One German with NOOOOO problem hops in a train enjoys the weekend in Paris, takes part in carnival in Spain, goes back home in Hanover, and watches soccer in Rome the following weekend doesn't sit and think about how proud German he is and how other Europeans are pieces of shit. They have gotten over that a long time ago. There is no need to...people are finding newer ways to be proud of themselves and mainly be happier. 

So IMO, what you are talking about, like many others, is an inferiority complex. It may be hard to accept, but that's what it is. A perceived need to collect all the reasonings to feel proud of something. Let it go, brother. 
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