Every country, every nation has them, collective blindspots. Those aspects of a given culture that just like with your best friend who holds on to his ponytail although he is going bald, are unflattering but somehow unchangeable.
Gun ownership and the obsession with private property are the top of my list when I think of the US.
Elitism and classism are the obvious ones in the case of the UK.
In Germany, it is the fascination with efficiency that has allowed asphalt wielding maniacs to turn landscapes into transit routes.
France, uh where shall I begin? Vive la France!!
But this phenomenon of collective amnesia can be applied to all kinds of groups from families to institutions and from religions to men and women.
Similar to individuals, groups of people like to believe that they have figured it all out when, really, we all are but scattered ants on a forest floor.
No wait. Not even that.
No wait. Not even that.
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