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Holland is a geographicly small country, and for this reason you don't get a lot of different thinking people

That is very untrue. We have here something like 25 political parties of which there are on average at least 10 in the parlement. To compare the democratic and republican party of the US would be both in one of our parties which has more or less 15 % of the seats at the moment (it is right from the middle) (for simplicity)
People call america a melting pot of cultures, well that might be true for california, but say Nebraska, hardly. To see a melting pot, try visiting holland once (I will be happy to host you :D ).

No to say we don't have a lot of different people is very untrue. Of course we are doing generally very well (wealth and economy wise) so there is not so much extremism (both left or right, as well as religious) but the country is very divided in opinions.

That is also why I can trust what I see and read in the media. You have here everything, owned by all kinds of people or organsiations. Our public television (and I think that is almost unique) consists of around 10 different stations with different social and religious backgrounds. Of course we also have commercial stations, but very few of them have news programs (because they are not entertaining enough and nobody tales them serious). One of them has though and you clearly see the difference. There are more "cat in tree" stories, and less serious news.

About you accusation of nationalism. That almost doesn't exist here (has to do with the size of the country). Nationalism is almost a dirty word here. I' m happy though that I grew up in a country like this.