But not a National Socialist, which is what many people take a nationalist to be. I'm proud of what our nation has achieved, and what it both allows and, more importantly, recognizes as inherent rights. Few other nations other nations even come close to what we have achieved.
Here's what I believe:
Our nation's system of government is superior to all others. Including ones that use that wierd-ass parliamentary system we didn't adopt from England.
We are so dedicated to the pursuit of happiness, we tolerate all sorts of strangeness that makes a lot of us want to hurl, but don't mess with those folks out of respect for our principles and tolerance.
If you fail here ( and I mean truly fail: living on MD 20/20, crack, and government handouts, not having too small of a TV or a used car), it's probably got more to do with your personal drive, not a lack of opportunities.
Many of us born here are becoming self-satisfied whiners who have no clue what most of the rest of the world is like, and have an overdeveloped sense of guilt and/or entitlement and no appreciation for having what our forbears worked their asses off to achieve.
Here's what I believe:
Our nation's system of government is superior to all others. Including ones that use that wierd-ass parliamentary system we didn't adopt from England.
We are so dedicated to the pursuit of happiness, we tolerate all sorts of strangeness that makes a lot of us want to hurl, but don't mess with those folks out of respect for our principles and tolerance.
If you fail here ( and I mean truly fail: living on MD 20/20, crack, and government handouts, not having too small of a TV or a used car), it's probably got more to do with your personal drive, not a lack of opportunities.
Many of us born here are becoming self-satisfied whiners who have no clue what most of the rest of the world is like, and have an overdeveloped sense of guilt and/or entitlement and no appreciation for having what our forbears worked their asses off to achieve.
I've seen Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Kuwait, and Iraq. I have personally known people from Canada, Sweden, Mexico, and England. It's not much of the world, but it's enough to convince me I'm better off here than anywhere else.
I'm proud of where I'm from.
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And if people don't like the way things are run here, they should either do something constructive to help, or STFU. Or they can leave, if they would rather do that.
Just my opinion.
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