Some argue that patriotism is the primary cause of wars globally. Others feel that it serves to prevent less ethical politicians from running a country and starting wars. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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Before the advent of globalization,
patriotism
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had been regarded as a supreme virtue of a nation.
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, as humanity is evolving into a single united world and borders are erased, nationalism is becoming not just obsolete but
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, in my opinion, an idea that drives countries against one another. Still, in spite of the tragic past and current wars, there are advocates of
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who feel that it actually avoids them. Patriots claim that nationalism prevents less ethical politicians, inclined to start conflicts, from running a country.
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, they could say that globalists in charge of a country could trigger a dispute with other chiefs of state in order to enrich by the profits of military actions.
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, supporters of nationalism believe that patriots would put the country's interests before theirs, and
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would be more inclined towards warfare. In reality,
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claim has no logic because it presumes that globalists are less ethical and because it ignores the fact that humanists are against dividing people.
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, it is often said that
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is the main reason behind wars.
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, humanists believe that nationalistic ideals are nowadays a fallacy used by truly less ethical leaders simply to gain more power.
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the case of supremacists who pretend to be patriots but are actually racists imposing their own values over anyone else.
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, if there were no beliefs of a nation or race supremacy, a peaceful world would not be a utopia. To conclude, in my opinion,
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is indeed the main cause of current international conflicts.
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it was important in the past to preserve citizens from landless barbarians, it has now become barbaric in the context of a globalized world. I can really envision all the people living life in peace if
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evolves into humanism.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • nationalism
  • xenophobia
  • aggressive policies
  • accountability
  • diplomacy
  • national unity
  • ethical political leadership
  • extreme patriotism
  • patriotic sentiment
  • diplomatic solutions
  • internal conflicts
  • external conflicts
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