America is not an economy with some features of nationhood. The economy exists to serve the people, not the other way around.
But, unfortunately for Pat, he has a blind spot a mile wide. His affection for the Germans, and his ability to empathize with their collective suffering from 1914-1945, is morally obtuse. The fact that it gets him into trouble with Jews is the most important practical effect of this problem, but it's much deeper than Jews.
The German nation, in a more democratic way than most, brought all of its suffering upon itself, and what they got, they deserved. This is an important insight for someone who would himself lead a nation, and it is an insight which Pat totally and completely lacks.
It's a shame.
Sort of like electing left wing Democrats to Congress and the White House? Remember that Nazi is a contraction of the German for National Socialists.
“The German nation . . . brought all its suffering upon itself . . .”
I don’t think the Germans were responsible for the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand - the Serbs were. The Germans supported their allies in WWI, the Austrians, in trying to hold the Serbs accountable. As a current day example, if a Iranian hit team assassinated the heir to the British throne, Prince Harry, and Britain attacked Iran in response, would we not also support our ally, Britain against Iran?