Unless youve never noticed, America has a huge Nationalism problem and always has. Drive through any subdivision and you'll see flags on many houses. Go to a sporting event and you'll see the National Guard in some capacity. America has always been a nation that skirts the edges of Fascism just waiting to be led there.
Source - a Canadian that has been there to smaller towns many many times.
I want to add to this that valve is also very clearly an anomaly in todays business environment. They are not striving for infinite growth but methodical, strategic steady growth.