The Importance of Patriotism

A new survey shows that appealing to patriotism to save the country would fail. Back in 1998, 70% of U.S. adults said patriotism is very important; only 38% now say so. For adults under 30, only 23% say patriotism is important to them. Religion, having children, community involvement, hard work, none of these are any longer very important to many people. The younger you are, the less any of this matters.