If one should be proud of one's individual achievements only and shun collectivism, why are people patriotic?

if one should be proud of one's individual achievements only and shun collectivism, why are people patriotic?

"should" and "are" are two completely different things

yet to be patriotic is widely encouraged by the culture itself

are we to discard culture?

you can do whatever you want but should usually is opposite of what is currently being done or otherwise the idea of should would be totally pointless

>if one should be proud of one's individual achievements only and shun collectivism

Who says that? Certainly isn't the case here

but it is

you're taught from adolescence to compete with others, you constantly strive for more, some form of completion and self-realisation

truly collectivist cultures don't care much about such concepts, eg. Confucian China

confucian china was not ideologically pure

>why are people patriotic
people are idiots

Is this lulu anime any good?

neither is capitalist west, but the general idea prevailed

ever since the Spring of Nations we're in an ideological limbo, I believe

yes it's fun and cute