Also, as an American, "patriot" has (for me) a meaning more or less equivalent to "nationalist." Orwell obviously had a different context for the word, writing as a Brit in the middle of the 20th century, so I understand that for him there's a distinction. For me . . . not so much.
So I lack a word to describe how I feel when the US (or Sweden, for that matter, since I'm finally properly Swedish) does something good and just and admirable.
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Also, as an American, "patriot" has (for me) a meaning more or less equivalent to "nationalist." Orwell obviously had a different context for the word, writing as a Brit in the middle of the 20th century, so I understand that for him there's a distinction. For me . . . not so much.
So I lack a word to describe how I feel when the US (or Sweden, for that matter, since I'm finally properly Swedish) does something good and just and admirable.