National Self-Determination which means one #202203011147 should be able to determine their own destine or fortune without the #intervention from the other powers.
It is the core idea of left-wing patriotism. For the oppressed nation, patriotism is necessary to bring the total national liberation from the oppressing nation which in itself is anti-imperialism. For the oppressing nation, defeatism is necessary to bring down the state apparatus used by the ruling class to end its oppression in oppressed nations.
If the nation is incorporated into another nation without the clear and voluntarily expressed consent and be decided by a free vote, which is taken after the withdrawal of the aggressive army and without any degree of pressure, such incorporation is annexation, i.e., the seizure and violence on the people, which is vile and vicious.