Haha, yeah true. I did have a self critical thought along those lines.

Maybe there’s an argument to be made that large countries should be broken up in to smaller, more manageable geographic / population sizes.

Trust busting style.

Just seeing your reply now and wanted to say that I really appreciate your humorous self-reflection. Too often we just argue aggressively against the others standpoint without any self-reflection of our own (I've certainly been guilty of it).

Also the idea of smaller units for creating a closer feeling of belonging is something I've been thinking about quite a few times. I think countries/nations etc. try to use patriotism and a us vs them (because there is often not enough real connection otherwise) mentality to artificially create this.

Your reply did not go unnoticed, thank you.