> The US is a country that likes to brag about democracy and likes to "bring democracy to others" while having a poor implementation of it themselves. I'm a li

> The US is a country that likes to brag about democracy and likes to "bring democracy to others" while having a poor implementation of it themselves. I'm a lifelong American. I know my perspective is limited, but here's my perception: - Politicians at the national level often brag in the manner you describe. (I could believe it's become less common in the last 10-20 years, but I haven't paid careful attention.) - Almost no private citizen (in my circles, at least) thinks in those terms, or at least they don't openly speak that way. The most prevalent form of nationalism that I see amongst Americans is the feeling that various groups are unfairly disadvantaged by our national leadership's tolerance of bad trade deals with China, or (less often) failure to protect American workers from having to compete with illegal immigrants for jobs. - Also, my impression is that a large majority of Americans hold our Congress and (often) Executive branches in very low regard.