Every single time , the side which ignores the others and refuses to acknowledge their arguments loses . Leave won ? I think I ' ll be happier in the long run not dealing with people who hate my very being for not falling for the federal pipe dream . I don ' t hate your being I just think your ideas around Brexit are completely incorrect . The pipe dream is that this country can go ahead with a full Brexit and not be severely damaged . Anyway , hope you find the happiness you seek . <| sep |> It ' s really a cultural thing . I ' m American , and I also identify heavily with my Swiss and German roots , where my most recent relatives to have immigrated all did so en masse around WW 2 . They maintained cultural ties , Still spoke switzerdeutsch in private , and lived in extremely like minded and culturally homogenous areas with others from Switzerland and the black forest area , who were heavy lutheran , and the church ' s business was conducted completely in germancould share one of my relative ' s birth certificates from my mom ' s side from Nebraska which was completely in german . I even spoke german fluently as a childRusty now after all the old folks who spoke germanswiss german have passed on and I ' m engaged to a man who doesn ' t speak it and don ' t live in the culture anymore , but still , have my own Dyrndl , and have a family member who fuckin plays an alphorn , and grew up learning how to cook and eat mostly traditional dishes like Brazelismmm , brazelis etc . I am 34 ths swissgerman , with my mom being the only Outsider blood in the family , with her family being Pilgrim descendantsnative american muddling , but that didn ' t keep me from being emersed in german and swiss culture . You gotta think of it in another way . If your experience of the US is only in the largest cities , you ' d think it ' s all one melting pot , but there ' s many places in the US where the culture of where you ' re from stays intensely in place . The most obvious examples you can see are in the insular asian communities you can find sprung up even in the large cities , I ' ve seen Chinese , japanese , Vietnamese , and Pinoy areas of large cities , or smaller cities all of their own with people speaking their native tongue moreso then English . Similarly , the AmishMennonites are another example of insular cultures . The US is much more like a bottle of Italian dressing . If you let it sit or a few minutes , the oil and vinegar and whatever floaty bits tend to settle in their own stratified layer , You have to keep shaking it to keep them all homogenized , but in the end , the floaty bits of cheese or seasoning and oil will never be perfectly blended together . It might seem out of whack to you , but some people don ' t move someplace and immediately lose their culture or assimilate , and it ' s extremely easy and very proper for someone like me to be able to say I ' m Swiss , while holding american citizenship , regardless of not qualifying for swiss citizenship , because I couldand have gone back to SwitzerlandGermany and been able to completely feel at home and comfortable with my extended family there , and not have Culture Shock happen . That ' s what it means in the end . There ' s an intense difference between culture and nationality . You are from a nation , You are also of a culture . I am an American Citizen , but I am of the Swiss Culture . I identify with both , and both are accurate .