...over-patriotic population also uses more water and produces more rubbish on average...

... especially the rubbish part (it makes me sick thinking about it)... except for the over-patriotic part... too much apathy (as voter turn-out *may suggest).

...Uncle Sam feeds you... I don't know any Uncle Sam.

...millions of bandwagon consumers and blind partisans... These people I know... and because the "problem" is worse here, we need words of encouragement from those that know better.