A country tailor-made thanks to the knowledge gathered elsewhere in the world and brought there for the sole purpose of competing with the old, and not so old, European imperialisms.
I don't know what there is to be proud of, beyond being born there and feeling part of its poor and young culture.
It's not that I'm proud of another country and think they deserve more respect; honestly, I think it's all rotten.
Pride in one’s circumstances is becoming. It implies ownership. Which implies care. Pride in accomplishment is vain.
You got it exactly backwards 😘
Nah I have it exactly correct https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsyxcgqw52f5rfj5060pxwxqque5d4p98ucvlujmn9jmvtl7why4cq9z50k4
In the post you're correct, where you're not talking about pride, but about loving what god has entrusted to you.
There is pride as a form of satisfaction for something done well. That is not sinful; it is the feeling behind a self-reinforcing mechanism to better oneself.
Then there is pride as a form of vanity, like jealousy but with the participants reversed. That is sinful; it is the feeling behind a mechanism to cause jealousy in others, because they weren't gifted (by god) with the same circumstances that you (undeservedly) were.
IOW being boastful-proud of something you did nothing to achieve, is sinful. Being satisfied-proud with the result of one's actions, is without sin.
Being proud of achievement is somewhat sinful in my view. You should be humble in achievement. Keep your head down in success and your head up in failure kind of thing.
