Letter: Embrace truth, get to work
By Chris Langlois, Vancouver
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A nationalist, “although endlessly brooding on power, victory, defeat, revenge, tends to be uninterested in what happens in the real world.” (George Orwell)
In contrast, “A patriot wants a nation to live up to its ideals. A patriot must be concerned with the real world, which is the only place where his country can be loved or sustained. … A nationalist will say that ‘it can’t happen here,’ which is the first step towards disaster. A patriot says that it could happen here, but that we will stop it.” (Historian Tim Snyder)