1AKHViYgBGbmxi8qiJkNvoHNeDu9m3MfPE (290) ·
...I always wondered, "for people who prefer to live (relatively) isolated, where does all this patriotism come from?"
I now see it as obvious, as to "where it comes from"; these Americans are the least (I would say) reliant on the US federal...
1AKHViYgBGbmxi8qiJkNvoHNeDu9m3MfPE (290) ·
...government, in terms of welfare, day to day protections and services, education, values, etc.
They just seem grateful to live in a country where this is even possible, and I think they are even making the country better for it.
You don't...
1AKHViYgBGbmxi8qiJkNvoHNeDu9m3MfPE (290) ·
...keep a federal government small by revolt (regret), you keep it small by denying "free" offers/handouts, so to speak. Without these people, I believe the US would be a much more "Socialist" country by now. Thank God for these Americans.