> As far as having a sense of nationalism, I don't see that as a bad thing.
Except for when it's the absolute worst thing ever, which it almost always is.
> ..perhaps Germany needs a bit more of it.
¬_¬ Yeah, because who cares about 82 million deaths?
I suppose the British, French, Spanish. US, Middle Eastern Countries never did anything regrettable in their history?
How many of these countries construct monuments to the evil of their past Monarchs and the millions who died from their attempts to conquer the world?
How many countries and regions of the world are messed up even today as a result of historical colonialism, and essentially rape of natural resources via slavery of the local population?
Am I personally responsible for some land developer in the 1800s bribing congressmen to confiscate native American tribal lands, to the extent that I have to go to confession every day and feel like I am a terrible person? No way.
The reality is that nearly every country has done this at one time or another in it's past, and we all must learn to move beyond it.
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