>my country
>our women
>we must...
Anyone else hate group think like this? Do people actuakly think these things belong to THEM? Why are they so concerned with what their owners' property. I don't "have" a country and neither do you. It's like medieval peasants talking about "out" castle and "our" land.
>>38401881
It does seem very old fashioned. To band together against the unknown.
But we have the Internet now
>>38401881
It's even worse when people whip out the "social contract" argument but act like it's a set of obligations with no recompense. You MUST support society, even if society does nothing to support you.
>>38401902
Agreed. It's not like we have to fend off wolves at night. I see it as slaves on a plantation ready rovdefend their master to the death and saying their plantation is best and must be defended.
>>38401881
It's people without meaning or purpose using it as a crutch, that or they're on the lower end of the bell curve that would have been used as cannon fodder in the past.
>>38402015
I guess they at least feel a sesnse of accomplishment. Even if it is for things they didn't do. Probably better than no sense...
>>38401942
Exactly. Or when they start talking about the future like I care about what happens after I die to people I'll never meet.
>>38401881
The fear of death makes many people have a strong need to belong to something bigger than themselves, a "tribe" that will outlive them.