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.

After the French revolution in the 18th century, most of the countries in the world established nationalistic states and we had a feeling of love for our nations, and

patriotism

. Some argue that we have to discard

patriotism

as it brings about wars and conflicts, but others insist that we need it as an ethical guideline. The aim of

this

essay is to explore these points of view and elucidate my opinion in the following paragraphs.

First

of all,

patriotism

is one of the crucial factors to establish nations. History proves that politics was brutal as many politicians committed bloodless and tearless acts in order to obtain political power.

For example

, the founder of the Joseon Dynasty established his kingdom through a coup, and so many people were killed in the process of that including his family.

However

, we can set up a moral standard which everyone should follow to serve their countries through

patriotism

. As

patriotism

does not exist not for ourselves but for our communities, it is an appropriate moral reference to achieve social justice and it can exterminate all conflicts and fights.

On the other hand

,

patriotism

could be a cruel means of ostracizing and even killing people.

For instance

, historically there were awful Jewish massacres in the concentration camps during World War 2.

However

, there are no specific reasons why German soldiers committed

this

horrible genocide other than they were obsessed with strong nationalism.

Besides

, we can even find these absurd cases in other places

such

as the killing fields in Cambodia and Kim's tyranny in North Korea. We should not assert that all these ones came from

patriotism

only ,

however

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it is undeniable that

patriotism

involves violence and wars so it makes people have biased political views. In conclusion, it is irrefutable that sometimes

patriotism

results in an extreme result, but we can not deny it is an essential emotion that unites all citizens in order to stabilise the community. I firmly support the idea that

patriotism

has a negative factor, so we must be alert that miserable events happen again.