The origin of the collective

Personally , i don't get it when the idea in the air suggests that this country does not have a common cultural identity but instead is a fractured municipality delineated by racial and religious sentiments.

Personally, i find the notion repulsive not so much because it is untrue but more so because of its alien composition .I can understand why a foreigner might propose it (an alien idea by an alien person has some sort of poetic logic to it ) but why a local born would find the notion appealing beats the heck out of me.

I had always gathered it as self evident that the proof of a collective is its existence.
if a bunch of people chooses to gather at a particular locality and give themselves a particular name despite being given a sufficient opportunity and freedom to be elsewhere, this is all the evidence that i need to accept that such a group exists .

Some may doubt this easy conclusion,but that is only ok if one is standing far far away from it.
What would be more than a tad embarrassing though is if the person who doubts also happens to be standing smack down in the middle of it.

History might one day find itself laughing uncontrollably at our attempts to look for an "identity" considering that for all intent and purpose , we ARE the bloody identity.

I am afraid a elaborate justification would be so unnecessary considering that it really isn't that complicated a concept.