Writings and Brain Juice from Joshua Sampson

Essays, Nonfiction

Superpatriotism and Modern Hegemony

Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you?

I have often thought there was a difference between nationalism and patriotism. Patriotism is loving your country. Nationalism is when somebody makes you love your country.

I also agree with Kurt Vonnegut on humanism. Vonnegut stated, “I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without expectations of rewards or punishments after I am dead.”

I think that’s a-okay