7.6 Nurture healthy patriotism and healthy identities

For an individual person, it is healthy to have a clear identity, self-confidence, self-belief and New Magna Carta Mediumdesire to thrive. It is unhealthy to be arrogant or hateful towards others. The same goes for groups whether a football club, religion or nation. A group needs to have coherence and integrity. It is healthy for a group to be patriotic, feel good about who they are, have a shared story, values and identity. A healthy group needs a positive ethos, a clear boundary with management of membership. It is unhealthy for a group to be arrogant, hateful or resentful of others. A successful team should be open to having new members who sincerely want to become part of the team. We must nurture positive patriotism and self-confidence in our groups, institutions and countries while respecting others, with a healthy sense of competition. We must suppress racial thinking, racial superiority and ethnic nationalism.

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