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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Heading dooooown, way down.  The less people admit it the faster we all sink.  The biggest prob with the US is ego.  The 100 American flags in houses in my neighborhood - could not be more obnoxious.  The problem is that so many continue to talk about how great this country has been and will be without actually observing what it is like now. We have a lot of probs and it's not a shame to admit it so we can fix it and recognize we gave something to do better and want to learn from other countries who may do something better but nope, it's always about how nobody is stronger, richer or has more freedom than the US.  So what? None if it means we are happy or good at anything![/quote]

That's what people observe when they visit from other countries -- why are there so many flags everywhere and there are more flags than clocks in public places (that was before everyone carried a phone and someone noticed Americans don't wear watches).[/quote]

Well, Americans have a particular fetish with the flag. Betsy Ross and the flag she sewed is part of the birth of America folklore. It wants to be a cultural symbol.
Most other countries and their peoples have a shared culture and history long before their flags. Think of the Soviet Union's flag. It wasn't there before the Bolshevik Revolution and they are all still Russians before and after Soviet flag and still Russians with this new post-Soviet flag. The Chinese were Chinese before the Communist flag and will still be long after their current government transforms again. Italy was a bunch of little duchies and city-states long before the current flag and everybody there knows it. Basically, most countries have a lot more going for its cultural identity than a flag.
But most Americans don't have a long shared history and its culture is mostly politics which is increasingly divisive. So the flag is one of the few things that people here can agree on which is kind of sad.[/quote]

That’s an interesting point. Thanks for sharing.[/quote]

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