Schopenhauer says this is the cheapest pride a man can have. The pride in something that depends on millions of other people. The pride in something that has nothing to do with you and was placed on you by chance/fate. You defend their mistakes and celebrate their victories, even though you have nothing to do with them. You try to be the victor over other nations and they try to do the same…for what? Your nation isn’t there for you when you’re alone, it’s not there for you when you are broken, but you are still willing to defend it with your life?

I’m German and you’re Italian. You think you’re better and I think I’m better, but at the end of the day you use our medical equipment and we want to wear your fancy clothes.