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I want my country to become what I thought it was when I was a kid, not how it ACTUALLY was.
I would sympathize with this one, honestly.
I think we all (in the US at least) grew up with a very skewed and generalized / propagandized version of its history, one that's specifically designed so we identify proudly with it. (I'd imagine most countries are similar on that last bit but idk)
The more time goes on, the more atrocities come to light, the more insanely layered and nuanced and complicated it all is, it's quite an overload with everything else we have to deal with as adults. (Especially when most of it is crap we can't even do anything about.)
The constant realizations that approach closer to the truth are often painful. Nobody likes realizing they were lied to so much in their formative years.
Yeah, I too would like if my country was run by virtuous people trying their best, and if unknown badass action heroes stopped the bad guys, instead of living in an evil empire run by those bad guys, and if hard work actually meant something.