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For good or ill, many people in my country have a hard time thinking of themselves as part of a cooperative enterprise with much wealthier people who are cooperating through money while they cooperate through risking bodily harm.
Of course, I've never suggested that my country is particularly sane.
Fortunately your country is also not being invaded by evil barbarians intent on pillaging and enslaving you.
Yes, that is fortunate.
I suspect you are confused but the intended connotations are hidden behind too much indirection to be sure. I acknowledge the social benefit of strategic vagueness (I believe you refer to it as 'hint culture') but in this case I do not consider it a behaviour to be encouraged.