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Ok. Lots to chew over. I've never compared US patriotism with European fascism. I don't think Brits are inclined to think this way, though I have to speak for myself. I've never seen it anyway.
Brits tend not to blame other countries either for their problems, though more recently concern has risen over the level of immigration. There is also a big section of the population who disagree with membership of the EU, or at least the power of the EU (I am in this group) because of the impact on our home-grown democracy.
Though British Conservatives would think differently, I have to disagree with your assessment of the US's role in preserving world peace. With its dropping of A-bombs in Japan in 1945, amassing of nuclear weapons, invasions of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam, and Cold War posturing the USA has proved itself to be more of an enemy of world peace than a friend since WW2. I think that the American position on world events is closely aligned with the protection of its commercial interests, which is bolstered by a Messianic belief in its own righteousness. Britain's contribution as a key ally has been no less dismal. I don't have a problem with individual Americans - just American politics, as it affects the rest of the world.
On culture, I like country music (unusually for an Englishman), many US sitcoms, a lot of classic US rock music, and some Hollywood films. However, gratuitous violence in Hollywood films is now really bad and I am careful what I watch. Rap music and heavy metal and their associated cultures are disturbing. And generally, the dominance of US culture across the world is often not good for the healthy development and preservation of local cultures. On the other hand, its widespread nature has given us common cultural references which bridge nations at a certain level. So American culture is a mixed bag for me.
The point was that generally, when Europeans view American patriotism with fear and skepticism, it comes from viewing patriotism in a wider sense through the lens of European historical experience, which includes the relatively recent fascist history of Germany, Italy, Spain, etc.
You equate patriotism with nationalism, and nationalism with violence, as that has been your experience on your continent. My point was not to in any way claim that Europeans are still fascists or that Britain has this problem, I only meant to show that your view of American patriotism may be skewed since you're looking at it through the tinted lens of your history, culture, and experiences which do not exactly correlate with ours.
As for the US' role in preserving world peace, let's pursue a thought experiment: Say the United States dropped off the face of the earth following WW2 and the rest of the world were exactly in tact as it was in 1949. We'll continue to assume that the allies won the war, just for fun.
The Soviet Union would surely have been the world's only superpower for at least 40 years following the war. Logically, Germany would never have been divided in to east and west, and all of Germany would have fallen under the Soviet sphere. NATO would never have existed. The only existing military power in Europe would have been Britain, not strong enough by herself to withstand Soviet influence, and certainly not strong enough to encroach on the USSR's influence of continental Europe.
As such, most of Europe, with Britain as the possible exception, would have been communist, with nations like France, Germany, and Italy being much like today's Eastern European nations.
China would never have opened trade with the West, and it's modern capitalist/communist mix would most likely be purely communist. Japan, a mess after WW2, would never have been rebuilt in to the robust economy it has today. A war between Japan and China would have been likely.
Israel would have fallen to its neighbors, and, in addition to the 6 million Jews that died during the holocaust, several million more would have died in Israel in the years following.
Lacking the grain exported by the USA and lacking any robust economic development in Europe (as a result of Soviet communism), many in third world nations would starve.
Man would never have walked on the moon.
A series of important inventions would never have occurred, or would have occurred later, since they were invented in America.