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A potent form of groupthink where the imagined community of the nation becomes the ultimate in-group, suppressing dissent and enforcing ideological conformity under the banners of patriotism, unity, and national destiny. Critical debate is re-framed as disloyalty, complex problems are reduced to simplistic "us vs. them" narratives, and alternative perspectives are dismissed as foreign or unpatriotic corruption. The nation's perceived interests and historical myths become the unchallengeable axioms from which all discussion must flow, creating a collective mental prison draped in a flag.
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