This Fourth of July, it’s worth pondering the true meaning of patriotism | Robert Reich

True patriots don't fuel racist, religious or ethnic divisions. Patriots seek to confirm and strengthen and celebrate the we' in we the people of the United States'

On this Fourth of July, it's worth pondering the true meaning of patriotism.

It is not the meaning propounded by the America first" crowd, who see the patriotic challenge as securing our borders.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com