>the poor are willing accept privations and duties in the name of patriotism Not everyone agrees on what patriotism means or what actions are patriotic or good

>the poor are willing accept privations and duties in the name of patriotism Not everyone agrees on what patriotism means or what actions are patriotic or good for the nation. Tolerating a few abstract points off your GDP because people you don't like voted your country out of the EU easy enough so people put up with it. You are not going to get a nation to put up with serious hardship like what the energy situation is shaping up to do unless everyone is on the same page about what the end goal is.