Sublime

In each case, there’s typically a large economic, social, or political stake in the thing people are identifying with. The city patriot may be a homeowner or otherwise invested in city governance. The country patriot may have signed a military contract. The company patriot may be a founder or early employee with a significant equity stake. And the

This is why patriotism—that is, the desire to protect the power in a society by way of increasing the power of a society—is inherently belligerent. Since there can be no prizes without a society, no society without opponents, patriots must create enemies before we can require protection from them. Patriots can flourish only where boundaries are wel

Being at home – being a Citizen – is neither about an objective physical location we just happen to be in or ‘come from,’ nor even a subjective feeling; being at home somewhere involves engaging, paying attention, and relating.

Primordialism vs propositionism. A nation can be a group with shared ancestry, culture, and language, but it can also be based purely on ideas and voluntary association. Scale vs uniqueness. A nation needs sufficient scale to be able to defend itself, so it should adopt a broad definition of national membership.

José Celso Barbosa, president of the Republican Party in Puerto Rico.

To be global is to be Americanized, and to be American is to be globalized. This victory is all the patriotism that meritocrats need.