In response to a niggling thought on the responses of US citizens to bad press about their country, (not so much here now that Tom has thankfully fucked off), I looked up what country had the highest opinion of itself.
YouGov, an international online market research company based in the UK surveyed 19 countries around the world and asked a variety of questions.
When asked “Is my country the best country in the world?” unsurprisingly the nation that forces its children to pledge allegiance to its flag every morning came top, with 41% saying yes. Third for some completely inexplicable reason was the doorstep to hell, Australia, with 34% sun addled idiots presumably not understanding the question.
The UK after 12 years of conservatives selling off the family jewels were ninth, with 13% managing to pull themselves away from reruns of “Dad’s Army” and sipping warm pints of John-Bull to use their bingo dabbers to vote while muttering about fighting them on the beaches. The majority opting for “My country is as good as most others,” showing an astonishing level of optimism, all thing considered.
While the self-hating French, understandably drew with the Germans at 5% at the bottom, lower than Vietnam.
The Scandie countries, arguably the best places to live, were about the same level or lower in their patriotism than us.
So my question is this America, with your children more liable to be mown down in the playground by incels than reach working age, to a job that doesn’t include holidays, sick pay, maternity leave, or wages that barely constitute as functionally enough unless augmented by the tip system, and under constant threat of being forced into bankruptcy if you break your ankle, how is it possible that so many believe you are born in Shangri la?
I need your help to understand.
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