There's no point in having an attachment to your homeland. "My father lived and died here, and his father lived and died here, and his father etc..." Such a sentiment is increasingly becoming irrelevant in the face of globalization. Not only that, but such fervent nationalization can only lead to one thing: war. 80% of all conflict can be attributed to plain and simple greed, and the remaining 20% is due to pride. Funny how two of the seven deadly sins has lead to so many deaths throughout the history of history.
Ethnocentrism is an outdated notion, the sheer audacity to hold your own culture superior to all others is the first step to having your entire existence summed and reduced to a curious Wikipedia entry. People try too hard nowadays. The lines between "nation" and "country" are getting blurred each and every day. Sooner or later, it won't matter where you live or where you die because everywhere is everywhere.
I don't profess great faith in the US nor do I profess great disdain because to be honest, everything looks the same. The idea of tying myself down to something as grounded as "property" just isn't all that appealing. In the words of Solid Snake, "I'm nomad too." Perhaps I'll change my tune as soon as I get a family of my own, but the American dream of owning a home is as foreign to me as the countries I want to visit one day. I think a life as a globe-trotting writer sounds like an awesome and incredible experience, certainly much more attractive then getting some paltry two-story home out in suburbia. There's no need to limit yourself, there's a reason why "right to property" was replaced with "pursuit of happiness."
They say that true nationalism is holding no punches when it comes to criticizing your government, and America isn't afraid to express their discontent in the most vocal and irritating manner possible. People trumpet the same horn, "this country is going to shit," yet they comfortably whine without making an effort to do anything to, you know, actually change it. "It's impossible to change," "it's too entrenched," excuses excuses. Maybe you're right, or maybe you're wrong, but your lack of any ambition doesn't impress me, and the free reign you have in venting out your frustration at a country you perceive to be going down in flames is an outright luxury compared to most other places where your head gets chopped off, no questions asked.
America is a nation of whiners, hell, the nation was founded on the principle of whining. We want to whine, we love to whine, we whine our way to freedom, but at some point, there's comes a time where whining has to turn into action. If you think the country is going down the shitter, then fucking do something about it yourself. Change doesn't come from whining, it comes from ambition, from aspiration, it comes from the single-minded dogmatic fervent dream that tomorrow can and will be better than today. So stop whining and do something.
Perhaps you're thinking, "well what the fuck are you doing then?" That's easy: I'm not whining.
