What are you proud of in your country?

I'm not proud of the US's history, nor am I proud of anything else in this country. I lack any national pride. I'm happy that I live here, not proud.

Viva George Carlin, haha
 
I am proud of being proud of my country, but there is not anything in my country to be especially proud about, other than the people who voted to put Obama in office.
 
I personally believe that national pride (at least, too much of it) just fosters xenophobia and racism.
I have no national pride whatsoever. I don't believe that 'pride' fits in at all with wafflecakes definition. Particularly the part where it says "opinion of ones own dignity etc"
I might be 'happy' for somebodies achievements, but whether they are ugandan or welsh makes no difference to me.
To be completely honest, I think being (overly) proud is quite repugnant. I mean, almost anything you will do in your lifetime is not worth being 'proud' of when compared to people who have changed the course of human history. Proudness represents a severe lack of, or far too much of, an ego.
Anyway, I'm not religious at all, but for those of you that are, I thought Jesus said 'blessed are the meek'?
 
Kian said:
Gparker said:
im not proud of the war with iraq right now ( USA is where i live) and im not proud of the economy
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thanks for that refreshingly original remark.

Anyway, I'm proud of the traditional American beliefs in freedom, laissez-faire, and individualism and the good people who still stand for it.

I'm not proud of the collectivist, pro-dictatorial majority.
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w00T! I'm with this too. I'm also not proud of socialist ideals creeping in our great land.
 
Just like to say, being proud of your country too much can rather have a negative impact. Keep in mind that nationalism played a huge role in starting both World Wars.
 
I'm from America, and not particularly proud of anything about it. American popular culture makes me want to run far, far away and never come back. America used to be epitomized by the poem on the Statue of Liberty. Now America is tabloid magazines, angry investment bankers, McDonald's, and MTV. The current generation cares more about the special effects than the plot of a movie, cares more about building a new mall than the trees and the frogs that live there, cares more about cars than books, and needs that shiny gadget made cheaper and faster and needs it right now because time is money and money is everything. Where are those huddled masses yearning to breathe free? They're suffocating under a pile of paperwork, demonized by the public at large, and being deported. This country has spent decades training financial engineers who make money out of money, instead of actual engineers who make innovations out of money, and now that's collapsing and we have nothing to show for it.

Sure, this is objectively a nice place to live. Life is easy, and we have hospitals that can do amazing things (if you can pay). I guess I'm proud of our doctors, and the people that do public health work abroad in the poorer corners of the world. We've also made commendable progress in civil rights in the past few decades. But that's about it. I tend to think I was born in the wrong century, in the sense that I think we'd all be much happier if the Industrial Revolution never happened. My life goal is to live in a small cabin in a forest with a shelf full of books, a fire, a dog, my wife, and to interact with other people as little as possible. Modern life is so complicated, and for what?

I don't think anyone should be proud of their country, per se. Countries don't even really exist; they're just lines on maps and people in suits we agree to listen to. If there are noble things being done in your country, be proud of the people that do them. Being loyal to a flag doesn't make any sense to me. Be loyal to your friends, to your family, to yourself. The only thing rallying under a flag really does is help frame the world in terms of "Us versus Them", which is questionable at best and gives rise to the deaths of millions at worst. People should just be people; Earth should just be Earth.
 
Lux Aeterna said:
I'm from America, and not particularly proud of anything about it. American popular culture makes me want to run far, far away and never come back. America used to be epitomized by the poem on the Statue of Liberty. Now America is tabloid magazines, angry investment bankers, McDonald's, and MTV. The current generation cares more about the special effects than the plot of a movie, cares more about building a new mall than the trees and the frogs that live there, cares more about cars than books, and needs that shiny gadget made cheaper and faster and needs it right now because time is money and money is everything. Where are those huddled masses yearning to breathe free? They're suffocating under a pile of paperwork, demonized by the public at large, and being deported. This country has spent decades training financial engineers who make money out of money, instead of actual engineers who make innovations out of money, and now that's collapsing and we have nothing to show for it.

Sure, this is objectively a nice place to live. Life is easy, and we have hospitals that can do amazing things (if you can pay). I guess I'm proud of our doctors, and the people that do public health work abroad in the poorer corners of the world. We've also made commendable progress in civil rights in the past few decades. But that's about it. I tend to think I was born in the wrong century, in the sense that I think we'd all be much happier if the Industrial Revolution never happened. My life goal is to live in a small cabin in a forest with a shelf full of books, a fire, a dog, my wife, and to interact with other people as little as possible. Modern life is so complicated, and for what?

I don't think anyone should be proud of their country, per se. Countries don't even really exist; they're just lines on maps and people in suits we agree to listen to. If there are noble things being done in your country, be proud of the people that do them. Being loyal to a flag doesn't make any sense to me. Be loyal to your friends, to your family, to yourself. The only thing rallying under a flag really does is help frame the world in terms of "Us versus Them", which is questionable at best and gives rise to the deaths of millions at worst. People should just be people; Earth should just be Earth.
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You would love the movie "Phone Both".
 
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