Hmm, true, especially as far as opinions about governments go. Even in Europe, most of my Greek relatives have views like that on the quality of their government (moreso lately, for obvious reasons). But they do still have rather strongly positive views on how Greek culture stacks up. The consensus seems to be that Greek government is incompetent, but the Greek people and their culture are the world's best.
You should visit the third world more often. At least here in Brazil many people believe everything is run by incompetent crooks and if they could just get out to foreign countries they would see what actual management and order are. (this is only partially true, specially as the country seems to be quickly decrooking in many levels)