Comments by "Jasper Mooren" (@jaspermooren5883) on "The Genius Design of Dutch Money" video.

Dutch patriotism is very real. It's just less flag-waving (which is more associated with nationalism than patriotism in the Netherlands) and more 'look at this cool stuff we did' patriotism. And most Dutch believe there's actually a reason to be proud of the country, and it doesn't help the patriotism that the facts actually back it up quite a bit. Most Dutch people also don't think we are definitely the best, just that 'for such a small country' we're doing pretty well and have done some pretty cool stuff. We're quite high in most lists you want to be high in and quite low on most lists you want to be low in.
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