Ah the slippery "last refuge of scoundrels", that we all believe we naturally posses. Once I was dissecting this unpopular piece of "duty guidance" [0], a stin

Ah the slippery "last refuge of scoundrels", that we all believe we naturally posses. Once I was dissecting this unpopular piece of "duty guidance" [0], a stinking heap of twitching net curtains to obscure the beaten body of cultural identity based anti-terrorism. But at it's faintly still-beating heart was a "List of British Values" [1]. As I read this impressive list of British Values (remember), "doggedly never surrendering", "championing the underdog" etc, I heard God Save The King playing (or maybe that theme from The Archers) and tears of pride welled up.. and then I spotted the shtick... it's just all the good shit everybody believes their tribe should, and by-and-large does do. Americans have one too where they're generous and warm hearted simple folk... Did no one think to compare these self-assessed manifestos? It's the twisting of that into a list that your country uniquely represents and defends that's the bloody masterstroke of Patriotism. [0] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guid... [1] along with some actually very good psychology and research on radicalisation