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It's Gross And Cringey To Love A State Like Israel Or The USA (www.caitlinjohnst.one)
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People who love and defend a government are creating parental figures out of the state instead of growing up and taking their stand as mature individuals.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yeah I think that was the one, it's not love but I'd call it apologia.

To me it's so much weirder to spend energy defending a distant authoritarian government that you have no connection to whatsoever than your own. Both are stupid, but people are indoctrinated to be sycophants for their own authoritarian government so I kinda get it even though I wish it was otherwise.