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For sure.
There are aspects of my country (and my ancestors) about which I feel immense shame.
And yet this place where I've lived most of my life is a place of sustenance, safety, mostly peaceful, and full of natural beauty.
It's the flaws in democratic processes that bother me - and yet I still consider it the best of all the systems of government. It means that if enough people don't like what the govt does, we can change without resorting to civil war with all the destruction, pain and grief that comes with it.
There are aspects of my country (and my ancestors) about which I feel immense shame.
And yet this place where I've lived most of my life is a place of sustenance, safety, mostly peaceful, and full of natural beauty.
It's the flaws in democratic processes that bother me - and yet I still consider it the best of all the systems of government. It means that if enough people don't like what the govt does, we can change without resorting to civil war with all the destruction, pain and grief that comes with it.