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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sheikh Yerbouti" data-source="post: 769883" data-attributes="member: 9093">Not sure about the 'corrupt government' point, I think it's just a case of cause and effect to be honest.It stands to reason that citizens of a newly established country will be more keen to assert their unique national identity than citizens of a country which has been around for donkeys years.  Of course everyone has a sense of national pride and will want to big-up the traditions & history of their country, but in some cases it seems almost like a defense mechanism - "we don't have much history to shout about, but what we do have we'll shout about louder than anyone else".America is a good example as a (relatively) young immigrant nation. With few exceptions American peoples ancestors come from the four corners of the globe, and not that long ago either. They essentially don't have a national identity, so they take great pains to construct one, and then are very protective of it. Absolutely nothing wrong with that. In my opinion there's a stark contrast between that, and "Great Britain" (I'll use the term loosely for fear of being dragged once again into the mire of semantics) which has been around largely unchanged for 1000 years or so.For that reason it makes perfect sense to me that Americans make a big deal about "the good old USA" whereas Brits just don't feel the same need to make a fuss.Just  my opinion...</blockquote>

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