What's your generation and how would you change your government?

[JasonBlack]

Ideally, patriotism is something like going to see your extended family. You associate them with positive memories, and you're probably willing to help them in a crisis if you have some extra cash, but you also probably don't think about most of them every day, because your life is consumed primarily by your own pursuits and immediate family/friends. You can still maintain a relatively individualist society, with high levels of disagreement/debate and self-expression while fostering an atmosphere of "we're all basically on the same side here". Aside from that, it shouldn't be important that all regions agree with each other most of the time, and most jurisdiction should be left to the individual states to create laws in line with the values of their constituents (especially given America has been strongly multicultural from its inception even without taking race into account. I recommend Collin Wooddard's "American Nations" where he identifies the 11 distinct regional cultures of American civilization and how most of them have completely different cultural roots and histories. Along with Generational Theory, I think it's the most useful lens for viewing American history).