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Living in a country with miscegenation roots, where the population came from many parts of the world, here in Brazil we have a problem with our identity. Ancestry and Heritage is not cultivated (except with the afro people, that have their african proud)
Nationalism is pretty weak too, Historically, we had monarchy in the XIX century, but this monarchy wasn't representing the Brazilian People, it was an extension of the Portuguese colonialism, the First Republic was a failure because it wasn't really a democracy, they were governing for the oligarchy, and we had our first "Plan of Nation" in the 30's when we had a Populist-Fascist regime. Getulio Vargas tried to create a Brazilian Identity, but it turned to fail. There is not a feeling of unity on the Brazilian People, and this is one of our greatest problems today. People from this country doesn't unite for the good of our nation, I think that this lack of national identity is the cause of our slow development and political corruption.

In my opinion, the nationalism is the main column of a society, the people must understand themselves as a nation and a strong leader sometimes is necessary.
But today, most of the country politics govern thinking on the minorities and forcing to disintegrate the big picture of what is a nation, that is a poor marxist ideology and I'm sorry for this.