4th of july thoughts condensed revolutionary war was a terrible idea ex ante america is a lovely floating signifier and its crazy to try to burn it down pls stop if you are doing this battle hymn of the republic is the real national anthem send tweet
I'm not sure that's true though! That was definitely there, and seemed to wind down with global imperialism, but there was another, older / deeper thread Another possibility: US used to define itself against the conservative European order, which died forever with WW2?