Thought provoking subject: What is the value of patriotism & nationalism?
These attributes are mechanisms of support for the state. They directly infer that one's state is in some facet or another, several or all, or in composite superior to some other state. What is the value therefore of believing one's own state ...
Globally, economic interdependencies are eroding the concept of nation's "sovereignty".
This is simply a continuation of man's social evolution --- small tribes, congregating to larger tribes with more territory, then regional agglomerations, followed by small civilizations growing from harnessing agricultural ...