Even better if you can provide your own understanding of its meaning.

Mine would be :

“Nothing kills a man as much as being forced to represent a country” (and err considering the context, I must stress it has nothing to do with the current US shitshow), by a WW1 soldier, illustrator and writer named Jacques Vaché.

For me it just means being forced into representing a group (national, of course, but maybe also social, racial, sexual, professional, any kind of group) or defining one’s identity only by reference to a group is to be avoided at all costs.

Note : Its not the same, imho, as engaging in a collective struggle or defense against a common oppression.

How about you?

  • sproid@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    “Feelings are like children, you can’t let them drive, but you can’t put them in the trunk.”

    But I feel that one has a ¨spiritual parent¨:

    “Educate a child so you don’t have to reprimand an adult.”

    and a ¨spiritual sibling¨:

    “If your only tool is a Hammer then every problem looks like a Nail.”