Do you think the country where you were born in defines you? Should you feel pride of that...

I think a chosing a country or being identified with the one where we are born in are both ultimately short sighted. We are/should be nearing the point where countries are only about administrative convenience and nothing more, not about pride or shame. We are all just humans.

..........Therefore we should identify with the planet we are born into. I still think my folks lied to me when they said I was born on the earth.

RebelFox · 36-40, F

My thoughts are that the earth isn’t owned. Humans think we rule our lands, but nature will fuck us all up. So I don’t give a shit about borders or pride, I care about people and the home we all share.

PepsiColaP

I think that the traditions which often contribute to how the family union is functioning and then later the habits and behaviours and structural things such as the way the education health etc is set up all play a role and definitely shape the person you are ,so even though it's true you have no choice of the place you are born into you also have no choice but to absorb things of your environment as part of you . To feel pride for the country or not depends ,mostly for me anyway,on how the country is treating it's people. I love my country but am I proud of it ? No

SW-User

No, of course not. I see nothing wrong with taking pride in where you grew up, I'm quite fond of where I live even though it's nothing special. But there's no reason why you should feel obligated to pledge allegiance to a place just because you happened to end up there.

markansas

country is like family. you should always love it you just dont have to like it. however with a country you vote to change it and with family you have no vote. kinda simple.
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ameliaxan · 22-25, F

You can only be proud of anything you achieve. Being "proud" of being born on a lump of land is so dumb. Look what it leads to. As if I need to spell it out....

nonsensiclesnail · F

Your family, community and national culture has an impact on you, but you always defines you.

Nelladell · 80-89, F

Do you find it true that we should give allegiance to the country in which we live?

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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

I used to be proud of the country I was born in but it has abandoned the ideals I hold so no I do not have any particular allegiance to it.

basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M

Not in the slightest.
It has definitely affected me culturally and obviously certain ways of relating to the world, but I don't for a second claim allegiance to it. I just was cut out of a womb here. I don't pledge allegiance to any state or country.

uncalled4 · 56-60, M

I don't know that it literally *defines* me, but this is where I was born and grew up and my family is from, etc., so I do feel a bond to here(USA).