Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you?

Famous words.

Ask not what the state would do for you, but what you would do for the state.

But I think I have done enough, and I haven’t asked yet.

As the economy goes downhill, ‘ making a living ‘ becomes more of a survival struggle. What more does the state want?

When things fall apart, the centre cannot hold.

Famous words.

Sometimes, when the centre is held, it prevents things from ‘really’ falling apart.

To be patriotic is to be loyal. And patriotism is ‘the centre that holds’.

Patriotism is ‘the centre that holds’.