Oddbean new post about login | logout @2a48eef0 Loving homeland and family are how you love humanity in a concrete manner. Those who abandon concrete love in favor of love in the abstract rarely manifest this abstract love in any useful way.
@Ardainian Right Abstract love... what an odd concept. I think one has to love humanity because of its potential and its best people, but nothing is binary or absolute. That is, one can love humanity, and an inalienable part of that is loving homeland, family, race, ethnicity, and local community. I am not an altruist/universalist... love is for the good, and hate for the bad.