But judging others based on the actions of their government is one of the bases for nationalism and patriotism. It requires that others are always to blame and, to an extent, dehumanized. The fact is that coexistence with, which includes understanding of, people of other nations is irreconcilable with the idea of nationalism and patriotism, since the very idea lends itself to crude stereotypes and a belief that one nation stands above all other nations, and their respective populaces. To separate the people of a foreign state from the government of that state would undermine the nationalistic ideals, since it would require acknowledging that the people of the foreign state are similar to, if not the same as, the people of your state. Such a realization would lend itself to the travesty of considering that those foreigners are, perhaps, not evil and that your government and nation are not perfect.

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The Capitalist maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate. Bertrand Russell
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them! ~Albert Einstein