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Godwin’s Law at its best

by Bryan Strawser · Jul 5, 2010

Patriotism leads to fascism:

You see, I don’t believe in patriotism.

You can call me unpatriotic if you’d like, but really I’m anti-patriotic.

I’ve been studying fascism lately, and there is one inescapable fact about it:

  • Nationalism is the egg that hatches fascism.
  • And patriotism is but the father of nationalism.
  • Patriotism is not something to play with. It’s highly toxic. When ingested, it corrodes the rational faculties.
  • It gulls people into believing their leaders.
  • It masks those who benefit most from state policy.
  • And it destroys the ability of people to get together, within the United States and across boundaries, to take on those with the most power: the multinational corporation.

  • Plus, it’s a war toy, wheeled out whenever a leader needs to improve his ratings by attacking some other country—often after invoking God’s name, too.

Who knew!

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