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Are other countries as nationalistic/"patriotic" as the US? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Do people in France have flags on their cars? Do they sell clothing with the flag for Zimbabwe everywhere? Do people dress as their country's mascot for every day events?

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

The US is a big country and it depends on where you are. Usually, expression of patriotism is directly correlated to the number of dualies found in that region.

Anywhere you go, in any country, you are going to find a subset of rabid nationalists.

In my experience, Canadians living in the US are more prone to express their own patriotism by hanging American and Canadian flags. (That is just my experience and also shouldn't be considered a constant.)

This reeks of bias so it's probably of interest: https://typingadventure.com/vive-la-france/

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Definitely depends where you are. Lots of big cities, regions, or states will tend to identify as from those places first. Here in Chicago people generally identify as Chicagoan and you'll see many more Chicago flags than American flags. But that's also in part because our flag is the best flag ever.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Chicago's flag is a masterwork.

    My city did a redesign about five years ago. Our flag was in a D to F tier flag ranking. After the redesign it's much better, but still feels like a logo more then a flag. At least they got rid of the written slogan, though!

    Props to Chicago. Put that flag on everything.

    I'm hoping Milwaukee adopts of the People's flag of Milwaukee soon. That's a serious banger too.

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