By that logic, you aren't the only person in the world and a not so small amount of people are all about that life.

...you seriously think a lot of people are interested in murdering random people? That it's the existence of the State that keeps people from just being serial killers? Nah.

If the numberless facts which can be brought forward to support this view are taken into account, we may safely say that mutual aid is as much a law of animal life as mutual struggle, but that, as a factor of evolution, it most probably has a far greater importance, inasmuch as it favours the development of such habits and characters as insure the maintenance and further development of the species, together with the greatest amount of welfare and enjoyment of life for the individual, with the least waste of energy.

Peter Kropotkin, Mutual Aid; A Factor of Evolution

I.e. sure you're going to get some serial killers and anarchist societies will have to account for them, but the vast majority of people are good enough.

A racist Anarchist? Well I never!

What are you smoking and can I have some?!?

Acknowledging the very real reality that people from Iran and Palestine are more likely to be in a rough state of mind because they're currently being fucking bombed into oblivion is not fucking racism. Similarly, people living in the inner city or on reservations who are constantly being kicked in the teeth by the system at every step of their lives might are more likely to be in a rough state of mind than I am in my relatively privileged position.

Acknowledging my privilege relative to them is not fucking racist.

We have much to be proud of in Canada.

Yo my sister lived in Canada for several years. She has indigenous descent and she faced so much fucking racism for even looking First Nations.

Feel free to explain how one "abolishes" a country full of people born and raised here from all over the world.

Abolish the State through a diversity of tactics including peaceful protest, nonviolent and violent direct action, and mass mobilization. Convince people (like you) to also break their mental chains (like attachment to your nation). Establish alternative, prefigurative systems in opposition to hierarchy and domination with built-in safeguards to ensure consent of the community these systems serve.

I am not ashamed to be Canadian, and I am proud to be Canadian.

Okay the only people who should be ashamed of their country are people who are currently proud of it. If you need to feel shame to break this chain then please do.

Regardless of the history of both.

Really? Because... that's kinda important!

We also do a lot of good around the world.

No Canada does not. Canada is in lockstep with America, providing material support for the War on Terror and complicity in the Gaza Genocide, just to name a few.

There is a reason why we have so many allies.

Because Canada is in lockstep with America and the Canadian government has competent diplomats. Also... America has a lot of allies! That's not a good measure of how beneficial a country is to the world.

I choose to live here because I like my country. I am proud of that choice. Just like you choose to live in the US and play pretend freedom fighter.

Lol I absolutely do not pretend to be a freedom fighter because I'm too tired to fight. But I'd rather be a hypocrite than completely wrong.

And no, I absolutely do not choose to live here. If I left the United States for another country, I would blow through the couple hundred bucks in my bank account (which I don't even think I can access abroad? My bank will lock my card if I start using it across the country, let alone the world) because I wouldn't be allowed to get work, then get my ass deported back to the US. At least in the US I have people I can ask for money, and I can get work. Crucially... I'm not gonna dox myself, but I'm working to get the credentials to be able to get the fuck out of here and into almost any country in a way that is sustainable.

To be completely clear: Obviously, "Anarchist". That is exactly what people say when they have nothing to be proud of in their country.

No lol. Americans are unfortunately super proud of their country. Patriotism gets more fashionable as things get worse.

But also: in my view, there's nothing to be proud of in any country. Pride in your community? Pride in your culture? Subculture? Heritage? Family? Friends? Your own achievements? Sure thing! But the "nation" is a falsehood organized around the State, run by your local warlords in service of capitalism.

Definitionally, I believe that no one should be proud of their nation. Definitionally, nationalism is bad. I literally don't care about what quality of life you lead in that nation, because without the violence of the State and the capitalists it serves, you and your neighbors would be better off without the State.