This from French thinker Voltaire (21 Nov 1694-1778): It’s lamentable that to be patriot one should develop into the enemy of the remainder of mankind.”
It’s harking back to what Einstein stated on the topic when requested if he thought-about himself a German or as a Jew:
“It’s fairly potential to be each. I look upon myself as a person. Nationalism is an childish illness. It’s the measles of mankind.
“I’m towards any nationalism, even within the guise of mere patriotism. Privileges primarily based on place and property have at all times appeared to me unjust and pernicious, as did any exaggerated persona cult.”
A real as all this was prior to now, it’s way more impactful within the days of nuclear weapons proliferation, local weather change, and the prospect of world fascism.