[wakawaka28]

Lots of people take for granted that their government exists and doesn't suck as bad as those in other places. Say what you want about it, but every successful country cultivates a national culture and identity. This is especially important for countries where the people are very heterogeneous in other identity facets. If people feel no particular affinity for the country because they are rarely encouraged to stop and think about it, how exactly would anyone be found who is willing to defend the country itself and thus their own existence which they take for granted?

[happymellon]

> Lots of people take for granted that their government exists and doesn't suck as bad as those in other places.

From the UK. Our government definitely sucks, and has basically had the same hostile policies despite switching between different parties.

https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/53806-how-popular-is-...

People wish that we would stop pandering to the US, at least to the level that we do.

[wakawaka28]

Your government sucks for a lot of reasons, and being aligned with the US is the least of them. Many of your politicians were very vocal against Trump and wanted to campaign for his opposition. That interference is very unwelcome here. We don't give a flip what Europe thinks about our elected officials. We care what we think of them.