[Classicliberal]

I'd fight, kill, and die, if necessary, to stop Marxist-Leninists, socialists, and left-wing armed revolutionaries of all stripes. And yes, instilled with that archiac and naive virtue of nationalism, I would kill and die to defend my country and its people

[Akuma]

I certainly would and this is out of question for me. I know that under any situation it is difficult to know what i would do. But if my nation and my people are in danger i would do it.

[Hirdmann]

I'd fight, kill, and die, if necessary, to stop Marxist-Leninists, socialists, and left-wing armed revolutionaries of all stripes. And yes, instilled with that archiac and naive virtue of nationalism, I would kill and die to defend my country and its people

This

[Great Smell of Brut]

The above AND against Islamists and fascists.

[anarchist23]

The above AND against Islamists and fascists.

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Are you lot really serious??

[Great Smell of Brut]

You aren;t against Islamists and Fascists? What sort of Anarchist are you?

[Godstud]

He's the orderly anarchist.

[Taxtro]

The question is very vague. What, precisely, is at risk? What part of my country do I defend and against what?
Now if it's a Utopian country and its whole existence is endangered by merciless savages or Godzilla, etc., it is rational to jeopardize your life when it helps avert destruction.

[Quantum]

I change my mind. Only retards would die for an abstract concept such as a nation. Pablo Escobar is far more worthy than any patriot as he died to line his own pockets and not some random mofo.

Why die for others when they aren't willing to reciprocate? Would your nation die for you?

Also, I dislike the armchair fighters on this thread, whose experience of war is seen through Battlefield and Call of Duty.

[Godstud]

A nation is not an abstract concept. A nation is the people around you, when it comes right down to it. It's your family, and your friends, and your friends of your friends.

[Quantum]

A nation is not an abstract concept. A nation is the people around you, when it comes right down to it. It's your family, and your friends, and your friends of your friends.

It most definitely is. What's the difference between a stranger 5km away and a stranger half away around the world, other than some nebulous concept of "blood"? Nationhood is nothing more than some collective feelgood nonsense you could easily find in a football club without all the chauvinism and jingoism.

[Truth To Power]

What's the difference between a stranger 5km away and a stranger half away around the world, other than some nebulous concept of "blood"?

It's not blood. It's that through your society, your "nation," you share much more of your neighbor's fate than the fate of someone halfway around the world.

Nationhood is nothing more than some collective feelgood nonsense you could easily find in a football club without all the chauvinism and jingoism.

Wrong. National sentiment is derived from the evolutionary fact that your fate as an individual is quite strongly dependent on the fate of the society of which you are a member.

[Godstud]

What's the difference between a stranger 5km away and a stranger half away around the world, other than some nebulous concept of "blood"?

They share your culture, you might actually have met them, and you likely share a lot of common experiences.

National sentiment is derived from the evolutionary fact that your fate as an individual is quite strongly dependent on the fate of the society of which you are a member.

QFT

[Saeko]

It most definitely is. What's the difference between a stranger 5km away and a stranger half away around the world, other than some nebulous concept of "blood"? Nationhood is nothing more than some collective feelgood nonsense you could easily find in a football club without all the chauvinism and jingoism.

You lefties sound as idiotic as lolbertarians when they make their "there are no classes, only individuals" arguments, except with nationhood instead of class.