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TheProle

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24. I don't know. An accident of fate popped me out in the US

Tue Jul 1, 2025, 02:06 AM

Jul 1

So pride doesn’t really enter into the equation for me.

Besides the criteria is something different for everyone… proud to be American because you lost a relative in WW2? you’re an immigrant success story ? you feel strongly on the foundational stuff like the constitution? the breakaway from monarchy?

It could just as easily be hyper-partisan fluidity, when you’re proud when your side’s in power and less so when the other side is.

Pretty moot, in my opinion.

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I don't know. An accident of fate popped me out in the US TheProle Jul 1 #24

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