Discussion
Really weird when I see fellow Americans get worked up about "treason" as though disloyalty to the United States is the worst thing imaginable.
I guess I wouldn't focus on the *treason* angle, but maybe that's just because I suspect someday someone may decide they believe I've been "treasonous".
I'm not defending harmful or foolish actions. I'm just saying, the thing that's wrong is harm caused, not disloyalty to a nation state.
@artemis Lately (for the last couple of decades, anyway) I find myself thinking: "what is the US such that defending it is vital and opposing it is traitorous?" not to mention "why should I be upset if we were somehow meaningfully invaded by another country whose government is clearly more egalitarian than ours? What, exactly, would I be defending, and why?"
...and I keep coming back to the idea that nationalism is basically an authoritarian trick to keep people in line. The things we're being told to be loyal to are not the things that actually matter.
Them: "oh no! Not treason! The worst thing you can do is be disloyal to the State!"
Me, an anarchist: *glances around cautiously & slowly backs away*