"For Buttigieg, who served in Afghanistan as a Navy intelligence officer, that view is rooted in experience. He recalled how survival in a combat zone depended not on political identity, religion, or sexual orientation but on the flag on a soldier's shoulder. "We learned very quickly to trust each other with our lives even if we had really nothing in common besides the flag," he said."
"The gay former presidential candidate and U.S. transportation secretary delivered that message at the Global Progress Action Summit in London, where he joined leaders from across the democratic left for what amounted to a strategy session in an era of populist resurgence. "It wasn't that long ago that progressive patriotism was considered in our country a contradiction in terms," Buttigieg said."
Progressives must reclaim the language of patriotism or risk ceding it to nationalists who wield patriotism as a weapon of exclusion. A Global Progress Action Summit in London gathered leaders from the democratic left, including Keir Starmer, Mark Carney, Anthony Albanese, and Jacinda Ardern. The gathering underscored progressive vulnerabilities amid a populist resurgence and electoral challenges. Patriotism can function either as a cudgel to exclude people or as a means to summon broader participation in a shared national project. Military experience in Afghanistan illustrated reliance on shared national symbols like the flag over political or personal differences.
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