BOTICARIO, DOMINIC E.

BSA-3A

“Nation and Nationalism: The verity behind its

existence”
Most of the people including me are blinded by the
fact that Nation is not actually formed by blood, races
or color complexion of people, rather, by means of
sharing similar cultures, beliefs, common values and
morality of individuals who share the same humanity. I
realized that our identity as Filipinos does not
actually exists but invented by our heroes since the
blood that flows among us is not pure at all, but mixed
with other nationalities who colonized us long time
ago. I also learned that despite the differences in the
manifestation of our philosophies, we are united by the
same viewpoint in terms of maritime life which we
inherited from our ancestors – the AUSTRONESIANS.
Moreover, I became knowledgeable about Nation that even
we don’t see it as it is also defined as “imagined
community” and we are unaware of it, it flows among
ourselves, in our identity, passed to generation by
generation. Lastly, I understand that in terms of
Nationalism, in order to achieve changes and
modifications in the system, changes should not be
expected instantly but it should start within ourselves
and do it in an acceptable and appropriate manner just
like how Jose Rizal wanted it to be.

“Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.”

-Albert Einstein