RE: A Deficiency of Patriotism?

Hoo, boy. To argue that because people benefited in some ways from a system to which they never consented, and deliberately overlook the ways they have been harmed by that system, is like arguing slaves benefitted from antebellum chattel slavery. "Look, we fed you, gave you clothes, and provided housing for you as a child. You owe it to the master to contribute back to the plantation." But it's different now because the plantation is bigger, has a flag, and lets you vote for a preselected subset of the ruling class.