But my patriotism goes for something beyond what we have. We don’t have something that I want to die for - anymore.

The speaker distinguishes between reflexive loyalty to a nation as it currently exists and a deeper allegiance to an idealized version of what the country ought to be. The line suggests disillusionment: the present political or social order no longer merits the ultimate sacrifice, yet the speaker’s “patriotism” persists as a commitment to principles beyond the status quo. Read this way, the quote frames patriotism not as unquestioning support but as moral aspiration—an insistence that love of country can include critique, grief, and a demand for renewal. Its emotional force comes from the stark measure of value: what is worth dying for.