Political compass question #2

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

It's a stupid question. 

Countries aren't right or wrong.  Governments are right or wrong.  Even if my government were evil, I would still support my country.  Your nation is like your family.  You have an obligation to put the good of your family ahead of the good of others.  In a similar fashion, I think, you have an obligation to put the good of your nation ahead of the good of others.  It doesn't mean your nation is any "better" or "worse" than any other.

There also comes a time when it is your patriotic duty to overthrow the government.  Such would be the case in Nazi Germany.  You would be supporting your country in that case.

Remember, the innermost circle of Dante's Inferno contained people who had betrayed friend, family, and country.

[Beefalow and the Consumer]

Nations and countries are pretty arbitrary constructs though. Unlike your family.

That is a good point.  Probably "community" is a better word.  An interesting book I had to read for a class my freshman year of college put forth the theory that all nations are "imagined communities."

It was an fascinating read.

Still, I think that a nation is an extended community that you should, under ordinary circumstances, be loyal to.  And when your government is evil or committing wrong, you are being especially loyal to your nation by opposing that government.