Reading Pro Patria Mori | Alexandria
Read Pro Patria Mori by Thomas Moore. Challenging conventional patriotism, Moore's stark war poem reveals the dark paradox of state-sanctioned sacrifice. By subverting pro-war rhetoric with its title's bitter irony, it exposes how nationalism transforms death into glory - a manipulation still weaponized today. His radical insight? True patriotism may mean refusing to die for corrupted causes.