I don't think I can reduce several books on these matters into a few shouts, but I am confused how you can manage to grow up in Germany of all places and not understand this
Countries are made up social constructs that don't have an agenda other than their current political leadership's. If you start revering a flag, you forget to think critically about it
Dude, I don't even know where to start. Name something positive about that. When your country becomes your identity, you become blind to its flaws as any criticism of the country turns into criticism of you.
