Go USA!!!

[FreeWorkVest]

I am loyal to whatever cause my breakfast sandwich tells me each morning. My food talks to me...lettuce is SOOOO borning, I drown it in salad dressing just so I don't have to listen

 

[Pudding Time]

Across the board, countries with a higher average level of nationalism were consistently wealthier:

• Contrary to the conventional wisdom, poorer countries such as Latvia and Slovenia are actually among the least nationalistic.
• And the rich Western countries, such as Australia, Canada and the United States, score as the most nationalistic.

The virtues of nationalism also transcend citizens' bank accounts, says de las Casas. For example, consider the problem of corruption:

• According to the World Bank, corruption is consistently lower in countries with higher levels of nationalism.
• Like parties to a business transaction, public servants who contemplate corruption face an unsavory trade-off: to profit at the expense of fellow nationals.
• So, if bureaucrats are highly nationalistic, they are also more sensitive to any damage to society, and less prone to abuse public office.

Nationalism also changes the mindset of those affected by corruption:

• A nationalistic public is less likely to accept government corruption and simply look the other way.
• But a nationalistic citizenry gauges the effect of corruption on the entire nation, and this greater concern for potential abuse triggers the collective response that keeps corruption in check.

For all nationalism's supposed faults, it is incredibly -- and consistently -- associated with things we value in economics, politics and society.

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I wouldn't believe any of that at all. The USA is one of the most corrupt nations on earth, so they are obviously using their personal opinions to influence their study.

 

[Pudding Time]

You were born here, but you CHOOSE to stay here. Thats a CHOICE, and when you make it, you make yourself loyal, BY CHOICE, to that country.Being born in it has nothing to do with it.

I was born in Australia.. I choose to live in the US.. I'm not loyal to the US..

 

[GraceAbounds]

The USA is one of the most corrupt nations on earth, so they are obviously using their personal opinions to influence their study.

That may be your personal opinion, which you are entitled to, but it is not factual.

 

[Pudding Time]

That may be your personal opinion, which you are entitled to, but it is not factual.

How do you know it's not factual?

 

[GraceAbounds]

???

Because it is factually taught in learning institutions. Common knowledge.

There is corruption on this planet. And yes, there is corruption in America.
America is not however one of the most corrupt nations on the planet. That is not my opinion, that is what I have factually been taught along with millions of other college students.

 

[Pudding Time]

lol..

Taught in American schools..

 

[FreeWorkVest]

25 BILLION dollars was given in a no bid contract to a company which the Vice President not only still has stocks invested is, but is still an executive. Tell me how that is not corruption.

 

[Pudding Time]

Bingo.

 

[FreeWorkVest]

The administration also made sure that Haliburton has exclusive rights to manage all the oil pumped in Iraq.

 

[Carthage]

I was born in Australia.. I choose to live in the US.. I'm not loyal to the US..

Then get the HELL out of here!
Seriously, though, why are you here if you aren't loyal to the country? If there isn't a country on earth you want to be loyal to, then go to one and start a revolution! It's better then living in a country you hate!

 

[All Else Failed]

Oh geez, the whole "love it or leave it" argument is so bad.

 

[FreeWorkVest]

Then get the HELL out of here!
Seriously, though, why are you here if you aren't loyal to the country? If there isn't a country on earth you want to be loyal to, then go to one and start a revolution! It's better then living in a country you hate!

Nothing wrong with him living here and not being loyal. If you lived in another country, would you be loyal to that country? No. So take a deep breath and relax

 

[Carthage]

Nothing wrong with him living here and not being loyal. If you lived in another country, would you be loyal to that country? No. So take a deep breath and relax

Yes, I would live only in a country I was loyal to. I might visit other countries, but If I am not loyal to a country, I would never choose to live there. It's a contradiction, and contradictions aren't supposed to exist, A=A, And a whole bunch of other conservative-objectivist crap that goes way to deep into simple stuff like this.

 

[FreeWorkVest]

Yes, I would live only in a country I was loyal to. I might visit other countries, but If I am not loyal to a country, I would never choose to live there. It's a contradiction, and contradictions aren't supposed to exist, A=A, And a whole bunch of other conservative-objectivist crap that goes way to deep into simple stuff like this.

No offense, but that is ridiculous. You can live in another country while still being an American. Heck, I know a Bolivian doctor who has lived and worked in the US for 30 years, and he is loyal to Bolivia.

 

[Elle]

Then get the HELL out of here!
Seriously, though, why are you here if you aren't loyal to the country? If there isn't a country on earth you want to be loyal to, then go to one and start a revolution! It's better then living in a country you hate!

Settle your wad, kid...if you don't know a person's reasons behind their statements, don't make such blatant ones yourself.

 

[All Else Failed]

Whats funny is, is that I used to be just like Carthage when I was about 15 or 16. JUST LIKE HIM. Thats why I think what he says is funny, because its like a mirror into my past lol. Trust me, he'll be a no good liberal when he hits 17 or 18 lol.

 

[COOL_BREEZE2]

Whats funny is, is that I used to be just like Carthage when I was about 15 or 16. JUST LIKE HIM. Thats why I think what he says is funny, because its like a mirror into my past lol. Trust me, he'll be a no good liberal when he hits 17 or 18 lol.

LOL. A young AEF in the making for sure.

Sure ya'll not related? :unsure:

 

[Pudding Time]

Then get the HELL out of here!
Seriously, though, why are you here if you aren't loyal to the country? If there isn't a country on earth you want to be loyal to, then go to one and start a revolution! It's better then living in a country you hate!

lol.. when you actually grow up you will come to learn that there are things in life more important than your own political beliefs. I care more about my family than anything else. And my family is the reason I live here in the US.

And I don't hate the whole country, just the government, and those arrogant americans who think their shit don't stink because they're americans..

 

[Carthage]

Whats funny is, is that I used to be just like Carthage when I was about 15 or 16. JUST LIKE HIM. Thats why I think what he says is funny, because its like a mirror into my past lol. Trust me, he'll be a no good liberal when he hits 17 or 18 lol.

Everybody keeps telling me that. But they also told me I was going to be a girl, too. I proved them wrong!