The Rohirim are based on the Normans, in equipment at the very least, not the Hussars.

Do you prefer an alternate reality where Poland minded its own business and ottomans ruled from Greece to Austria?

they are not PEOPLE!

And how far would you say one can reach in history to take credit for the exploits? If you think there is a limit to that, what is it?
Or would you say that every nation is worth as much as it's current citizens and the past should not be taken into consideration? If yes, isn't it unfair that Israel recieves holocaust reparations from people who are not responsible for it?
And with this logic, is inheritance even just? And if a debtor dies, shouldn't his debt become nothing aswell??

wow Poland gave us S.T.A.L.K.E.R. too!

I think you are looking too deep into this post. Nobody idiolizes anything here, it's just a reaction for the sake of likes (as expected from grandayyyyy)

I get your point (and share it to some degree) but saying somebody's education and values are not related whatsoever to the country the grew in isn't totally right. So saying Poland had nothing to do with Curie's intellect, while not being wrong (obviously a country can't "give" anything), it's technically not right either because had she been born in a country which didn't have access to such education, she wouldn't be a thing.

The nation isn't some inanimate imaginary system though. Its composed of, and interacts with real people, if you were not born where you were born you would have been a completely different person.

Admiration of ones nation can inspire people from that nation to accomplish great deeds themselves, out of a feeling of responsibility to live up to their ancestor's greatness, and i believe that thats a much more healthy source of inspiration than the pursuit of wealth and fame that comes by idolizing the individual alone.

Nationalism can lead to great changes, and i admit some of them where bad, just like with any ideology. Its true that the nazis used it to promote their worldview, but you cant deny that those who fought the nazis shared similar feelings about their own countries, and where fighting to defend them. Moreover it motivated the people who lived under colonial regimes to fight for their self determination, and is the main reason we adopted the nation-state model, which is by far a better alternative to feudalism.

And to say that is the only reason people go to war over is unfair. People killed each other before in the name of God and after in the name of freedom n democracy. Does that mean who should get rid of those aswell? WW2 just happens to be the most devastating because of the technology we had, and if death tolls are a way to go then the most destructive wars where those of Chinese niqqas killing each other over politics.

Oof this turned out to be longer than what i expected.

Don´t try it Shibby... the people here are dense and won´t get your point.