In that line of thinking: what does the comic say if ‘Russia’ is exchanged for ‘North Korea’? Is the point of the comic just to flatly express that one nation state sucks in comparison? If so, that’s kind of a shitty sentiment–and dare I say nationalistic.
I genuinely don’t see the issue if you were to replace Russia with NK. NK is a worse place to live from what I understand, so it would work even better.
The difference between this comic and nationalism, is that nobody is singing praises about how good the other countries are. The France/Canada babies aren’t exactly breaking out into giddy smiles here. If saying “X country isn’t the worst place ever” is nationalism, the word doesn’t mean much.
In that line of thinking: what does the comic say if ‘Russia’ is exchanged for ‘North Korea’? Is the point of the comic just to flatly express that one nation state sucks in comparison? If so, that’s kind of a shitty sentiment–and dare I say nationalistic.
I genuinely don’t see the issue if you were to replace Russia with NK. NK is a worse place to live from what I understand, so it would work even better.
The difference between this comic and nationalism, is that nobody is singing praises about how good the other countries are. The France/Canada babies aren’t exactly breaking out into giddy smiles here. If saying “X country isn’t the worst place ever” is nationalism, the word doesn’t mean much.