[user104658]

Originally Posted by jet

My solution is they should STOP doing it that way for a start. Do you think the examples I cited are going to work?

I didn't deny issues exist, but there isn't a country in the world that doesn't have issues, we are better than many. If people just want to complain and be aggressive instead of being part of the solution, go to a country that you would be happier living in.

Pointing out the problem is part of the solution, people who don't like the problem being pointed out are acting from a place of being defensive and defensiveness is never the solution... it's an emotional reaction to feeling personally attacked. Feeling personally attacked when someone criticises your country is, in my opinion, a sign of the "worse" side of nationalism. It's certainly not patriotism.