@corrupt, if you were speaking only of wealth and prosperity, then I think we’re probably on the same page. It’s possible I interpreted your original statement too broadly.

... sports team, a band, ... Hell, I have US and German citizenship, and I love both of my nationalities. You can be patriotic without becoming a fascist

Sweden is not a better place to live than the rest of Europe. A lot of things have become worse in the last 40 years. Healthcare is one. Education is another.

I mean, that's usually how things go on the grand scale. Sure you can improve your local community in many ways, but if it's about wealth and prosperity, it will have a component of exploitation. It cannot work in any other way.

I hope I got your statement right without any confusion or misinterpretation. In the shoutbox, things go by so fast that it’s easy to miss the point or mistakenly reply to something or someone else :)

corrupt, you do realize that people can have several interests in mind? Just because you like your community/country/culture/people doesn't mean that's everything that matters to you. You can care about a country, a family, a ...

@corrupt, I completely agree with you on that. I just thought it was important to challenge the idea that improving one’s home country necessarily has negative consequences for the rest of the world.