- Young people could receive “citizens’ packs” when they come of age, setting out what is expected of adults.
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Presumably being an individual is now considered to be un-British. We should all be good little drones in the state mandated collective. Aping some set of arbitrary values that the politically correct culturocracy have decided should be the ones to define us as a ‘people’.
Populist nationalism is one of the most disgusting and dangerous things around in socio-political terms: it is the religion of petty bigots and question-free morons; it replaces genuine culture with conformity; freedom-to-be with the slavery-of-expectations.
If I want to show my appreciation for the culture and people who raised me, I will try to do something substantive to make it better, to make it joyful. Not just wave a fucking flag and look down my nose at Johnny Foreigner with a holier-than-thou sneer.