The existence of an emotional state like patriotism is actually in line with human basic instincts, or we say that each of us actually has an instinct similar to patriotism.

2025/04/1801:43:35 psychological 1908

Its specific manifestation is that it feels that your country is particularly good, likes it, recognizes your country, is willing to support your country, is concerned about what is happening in your country, and is warm to your country.

This thing developed from a tribe that loves itself is called "patriotism". From an evolutionary perspective, it has adaptability. Because each of us loves our own clan and our country later on. It helps to have greater cohesion and develop better in your clan, your own tribe, and your own country.

Of course, some people are starting to question this thing now, saying that we are now an era of globalization. If you have too strong patriotism, will it become a kind of populism ? A preference for your own country is unfair, because your own country may not be the best country. There is one aspect of the statement

, because your own country may not be the best. Even if it is good, it may be good, and some parts may not be good enough, right? It cannot be the best in all aspects of the world, without such a country.

But even so, I think it is normal for a person to have patriotic emotions. Let’s give an example. Although your own father and mother may not be the best father and mother, they may also have many shortcomings, many problems, and many things that annoy you in normal times. But under normal circumstances, most of us must have a preference for our parents and parents, and will not treat our parents very equally, right? It would be too strange if you really treat your parents and other people's parents very equally.

Of course, our patriotism does not mean that we must protect our shortcomings. We still see some shortcomings in our country. This healthy patriotism does not mean that the benefits of other countries are not acknowledging the benefits of other countries, nor does it mean that the country does nothing to protect its shortcomings, but that other countries may also be good, and their own countries may also have shortcomings, but no matter what, this is my own country. Just like saying that other people’s parents may be good, my parents may have shortcomings, but I still have a special affection for my parents. The patriotic emotion of

is good, but it cannot force a person to patriotic. We imagine a certain family where parents beat children every day and then say you must love your parents, otherwise I will use a belt to beat you. In this case, the child cannot love his parents. At most, he obeys his parents, but he cannot love his parents.

So, the generation of patriotism and patriotic emotions must be a natural process. It is a person who stays in his own country, and then his inner instinct of wanting to love his own country will slowly grow naturally in a relatively good environment, and then later, it will naturally form a patriotic feeling.

This patriotic emotion is sometimes combined with many details, such as loving the snacks in your hometown, loving the scenery of your country, and loving the people of your own nation around you, all are combined with patriotism. This emotion cannot be called hard, but naturally aroused.

But we should try not to destroy a person's patriotism, not to have some bad things in the outside world, and to destroy his patriotism. That person's patriotism will slowly grow. And this is very valuable to a country and to people in life in this country.