George Carlin's premise is wrong in the beginning beacause it assumes you can only be proud of things you personally achieved - But since that is a very individualistic view of society, it doesn't work - When you are born into a group, family, institution, etc, you carry on the legacy - I think pride is a wrong word to describe patriotism and family pride, the feeling people have is more one of appreciation for one's own culture - Nothing wrong with that. I love living where I live for many trivial reasons like how the people are nice, the food, etc
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you