Identity

In class we have discussed Nietzsche and his idea that every culture should have it's own identity to survive. How we can look at and study other cultures but that doesn't mean we should lose site of our own cultural identity or traditions. Also that a country's identity must be formed naturally and over time. A country that tries to gain an identity by war or fighting will never survive. This got me thinking about America's identity and how we are perceived to other countries across the world. I don't think we are very loved right now because of the war we are in right now with Afghanistan. This got me thinking that Nietzsche is completely right. Not that we are trying to gain identity through this war but we do lose a little bit of our identity by engaging in war. By engaging in war most people were very upset and lost faith in America. This proves his point perfectly that war just separates a culture. It separates us because by losing faith in our own country we start to doubt what our identity really is. With all this doubt our country's identity will start to falter. Which shows that if everyone as a group has faith in our country and our identity then only good can come from it.