“Patriotism is the religion of hell.”
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Poetry is man's rebellion against being what he is.
There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.
I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine, though I have not quarrelled with him?