What Does It Mean To Be A Good Citizen

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The source is a statement regarding what is means to be a good citizen. It states that in order to be a good citizen, one must be willing to perform whatever task the country demands. Disregarding all other personal beliefs and interests to support one’s nation is the pinnacle of good citizenship. The source believes that the national interests of one’s country should also be one’s own priority. It displays a nationalistic, perhaps patriotic, perspective on the responsibility of a citizen. According to the source, the notion of doing anything for one’s country is “simply the price of citizenship” and should not contradicted by one’s own beliefs or hesitations regarding the action being requested to perform.
One could argue that this perspective should be fully supported because without the country, one would not be a citizen at all. A citizen is the child of the country who works to protect and provide opportunities for him. In return, if a nation requires one’s service, one should provide it without question in return for the service that the nation makes available for him. In contrast, a nation’s interests may be harmful to others, in which case one would be supporting an unjust cause simply because the nation requested it. The opinion in the source should not be supported because following orders …show more content…

It is foolish to support a cause that negatively impacts one’s self, regardless of whose cause it is. In the case of Stalin, many people supported his leadership, in spite of the fact that he was responsible for the mass extermination of many of his own people. His abolishment of the church should have cause an uprising by the people because it contradicted the beliefs of many people. However, the people didn’t because they allowed their minds to be manipulated to worship the nation, or more specifically,

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