A few thoughts ...

1) Is nationalism all that bad? If you are going to simp for a country, why not simp for your own? The trick is making sure your country stays within checks and balances, and recognizing and getting rid of corrupt government. I think the trick is that if you are forced into love of country, China-style, then you know something is very wrong and you have to get the fuck out of Dodge.

2) Which percentage of 18 year olds know exactly, without any shadow of a doubt, what they want to do with their lives? How many of these will take the polar opposite path when they are 25, 32, even 40, with a mountain of accumulated debt, a few kids on the side, and a carful of books they will never even read?