Saturday, February 26, 2011

nationalism

Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country. 
 -george patton


why is it that when
even a cursory glance
across human history demonstrates
that many of its darkest hours
have been written by Nationalism--
that is, territorial groupthink--
we're still never so much inclined
to question The Flag
as to wave it???

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