Kind of a vague question. But I guess anyone that responds can state their interpretation.
Edit:
I guess I’m asking because everything I’ve learned about America seems to not be what I was told? Idk how to explain it. Like it feels like USA is one event away from a civil war outright corruption and turning into a D class country.
The nation was built on ideals it wasn’t practicing at the time. It has made the country a hypocrite, but it also gives guidance on what the country should be.
That there is a conflict between the ideals of the country and the current practice of those ideals is nothing new.
This is a very good way to say it.
I love my country for its heart, its people, its ideals.
I mourn my country for its ignorance, its failures, and its systemic ills.
I hate my country for what it has done to most of the rest of the world in trying to ‘supposedly’ promote freedom and democracy.
It’s a very complicated thing, patriotism. And it means nothing if you have it while your eyes are closed to reality.