Neurotics make poor patriots; if you're ashamed of something as big as yourself, it's hard to be proud of something as small as your country.
It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time.
Humiliation is a vast country of imprecise boundaries. If you think you're there, you are. The neurotic rule: when in doubt, go ahead and feel humiliated.
Suburb: a place that isn't city, isn't country, and isn't tolerable.