You're right. The post is better without that final tag. I've removed it.

But for honesty's sake, I will note here that, originally, I ended the parent post:

> Maybe the absence of these reminders is one of the things that's wrong with North Americans.

I do think there's a problem to do with being historically adrift, but I won't belabor it here.

Countries fixate their national pride on what they have.

If they don't have the dynamism, economy, or youth of other countries, they fixate on what they do have — buildings which are faded memories of the cultures which built them.

There is also a more positive side. Angkor is a symbol of pride for a (demographically) young, growing, and optimistic nation.