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In Europe, excessive levels of national pride and flag-waving generally recall fascism and far-right movements. If I came across the English flag flying outside a house I'd probably be able to take a guess at what kind of person lived inside (big sporting events aside). Same for the UK flag, though I'd guess they were different types of people. It's crazy to me that American right-wingers who're so sceptical about national healthcare and building roads and other such Nazi initiatives will then turn right around and happily recite the pledge of allegiance (and demand that schools do it too), wave the flag like it's going out of style, give the police and military a free pass on whatever they do and attack anyone left of Reagan as an enemy of America. Basically excessive patriotism and flag waving makes people stupid, easy to fool and rarely leads to anything good. See: the millions of poor southern whites in America who religiously vote against their interests because they're afraid of communism.
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