As a whole, we are pretty ignorant, arrogant and illiterate. Yeah, it works fine when you are around other people of the same ilk for you whole life, but in the rest of the world, where other countries border each other like our 50 states do...it doesn't fly. I think geography has a little bit to do with it. If we borded more than just Canada and Mexico, we might have a little bit different outlook on things. That's why I say I wish we were spending that war $$ on our kids...our public school system. That's where our future lays.