Agreed. As George Bernard Shaw said: "Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it."
Aldous Huxley also said: "One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous." If anyone doubts that this is still going on, just look at what the mainstream media print about anyone perceived as being unpatriotic. Alternatively, just look at Zac Goldsmith's despicable campaign for London mayor.