Interesting that we can strongly feel attached to our country and culture, and feel superior, claiming that we belong to this or that specific cultural group. "I am this or
that; I am Danish or Irish or Québecois, that is what I am!" Isn't it a proof of being nothing really? That makes us only what other people around us are. That is the most easy thing to be! How do we know we are what we claim? Did we bother trying to find out? On the contrary, some people who refuse to belong to anything in particular are often classified as rootless or even superficial. On the contrary, I believe these people
are more deeply rooted: they actually bothered looking outside the box. They confronted themselves to the world and its differences, its diversity. They can put themselves in other people's shoes. First and before everything, we are human beings. We are all earthlings. Now what kind of earthling? An earthling is not defined in terms of nation or states, it is defined in terms of values. What do you value? Life, harmony, happiness, family, creativity, peers, freedom ..?

Nationalism is just being what other people around us are. It is the most easy thing to be, and it is nothing to be proud of. One must think for oneself.