Nice particle questioning patriotism. One relatively large elephant in the room is that this is written from the perspective of the first world, kinda west-centric, where one would perhaps have to consider imperialism in the background.

In this day and age of states and nations, one could, for example, consider the case of Vietnam's resistance to invaders. I am sure one can find many other examples through history of invaded, subjugated nations, tribes, peoples etc rebelling against injustice or/and annihilation by others.

Perhaps it is going off on a tangent, since these examples I picked up do not involve education to conform with the idea that there is a cohesion within a group in a situation that does not require stoking emotion, using the state apparatus through education.

Just reflecting. Any thoughts?