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xg15 31 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Making peace with your unlived dreams (2023)

I don't know, I'd rather not identify with my country too much if it does things I deeply disapprove of but can't change.

By that logic, all Americans would be Trump.

SauntSolaire 31 days ago [–]

I believe they meant humanity.

xg15 31 days ago | [–]

That term is honestly used way too often on HN for my tastes. But then as well, I wouldn't like to identify with everything humanity has ever done. Especially if I know that I have only a tenuous connection (or no connection at all) to the people who did it.

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