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Has anyone ever divided a nation
with the consent of the people?
with the consent of the people?
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propaganda: the best means of educating the masses and moronizing the 99%. -
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anyone who can't tell the dfifference between propaganda and reality fully deserves to be deceived.Comment
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ON PATRIOTISM
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What is patriotism?
Let's see if we can define it
or at least take a step in the right direction.
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If we say it is love of country
(in the sense of homeland)
then we shall have to define country:
is it the real estate? --
the mountains, lakes, rivers and valleys?
Is it the Armenian people as a whole?
Is it the present regime
or the administration of justice?
Is it the culture?
Things, as you may begin to suspect,
are not as simple as they may appear to be
at first sight...
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PATRIOTISM / 2
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If by country we mean the land,
then we must ask the question:
In what way Armenian mud
is different from Turkish mud?
If it is the people:
Does that mean you are less of a patriot
if you hate or disagree with even a single fellow Armenian?
If it is our culture:
What is culture?
Or, who is qualified to define it?
- a politician (whose central concern is power),
a priest? (whose business is saving souls),
or a writer (whose aim is to understand reality
by separating fact from propaganda)?
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If, on the other hand, we adopt Goethe's definition
of homeland ("Wherever a man is allowed to work
and provide for his family")
we may have to agree that
Armenians of the Diaspora
and Armenians in the Homeland
who wish to emigrate
(and I am told everyone except
policemen and politicians does),
Armenian patriotism might as well be
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