That's not what I was talking about. Of course governments are not going to easily admit their own crimes and incompetence and failures -- the same as in the US

That's not what I was talking about. Of course governments are not going to easily admit their own crimes and incompetence and failures -- the same as in the US they don't admit their failures in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria etc for example. But they absolutely do love to push the moral and economic burden for such things on to the common person. And of course people are proud of their country and history and societies because that's normal healthy part of the human condition. This behavior and thought is increasingly shamed and bullied though.