On "Evil of Patriotism"

Jis din main ne pehli baar Pakistan chora to london ke Heathrow Airport pe transit ke dauran mujhe aik hindustani lurka mila - 'Raj'. We had coffee together but he paid the bill as he found me nervous first time in foreign land. Ye pehla din tha jab mere ander se 'narrow' ya 'black' patriotism ki deewar giri. Itne baras jub main america main raha aur mukhtalif mulkon, naslon aur mazahib ke logon se mila to aik naye falsafe ne janam liya - "Humanity is one".


"Nationalism is our form of incest, is our idolatry, is our insanity. Patriotism is its cult. It should hardly be necessary to say, that by “patriotism” I mean that attitude which puts the nation above humanity, above the principles of truth and justice; not the loving interest in one‘s own nation, which is the concern with the nation‘s spiritual as much as with its material welfare - never with its power over other nations. Just as love for one individual which excludes the love for others is not love, love for one‘s country which is not part of one‘s love for humanity is not love, but idolatrous worship" - Erich Fromm


Thanks to irving for posting above quote