1) America was never that great 2) America was always great 3) America was great, but isn’t anymore 4) America has problems, but admirable ideals, and has gotten closer to those ideals over time (with occasional setbacks), which is great I say 4. And 3 is the least defensible
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Replying to @NGrossman81
4. America is an experiment, one that remains more aspirational than operational, but all the alternatives to redoubling our striving for those aspirations are far, far worse.
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A corollary to 4 is the idea that 1 is a correct answer for significant portions of our population, and that eliminates 2 and 3 as legitimate.
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Exactly. One reason 3 is the least defensible is because romanticism about the 1950s as better than the 21st century requires ignoring large swaths of the population.
6:52 AM - 16 Aug 2018
from Urbana, IL
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