The idea of "Hamilton", I think, is that there would be a fundamental continuity between America's founding ideals and a modern, diverse, racially inclusive America. That America was not "stamped from the beginning" with racism, but was always destined to throw off its yoke.https://twitter.com/SeanTrende/status/1279228569449881605 …
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Of course, we always knew there was a contingent of Americans who wouldn't accept this, who loved America only as a White Empire, and who would fight to keep it thus. What changed since the mid-2010s, I think, was that we discovered just how large that contingent was.
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And I think the question is: Once the people who want America to be a White Empire are inevitably defeated, will people go back to believing that American ideals were anti-racist from the start, or will they demand that America be abolished? (end)
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Those ideals weren’t anti-racist from the start. Or maybe words have no meaning. This makes for an updated version of our Founding myth but it’s still just a Nobel Lie
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Hey Matt I want to clarify something.
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Note that I don't think people like Matt want to abolish America now, only that if Trump and the white supremacists remain in power for a long time, they are likely to conclude that there is no alternative.
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What do you think the other paths would be?
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If Trump and the white supremacists remain in power for a long time, what do you think the alternatives to “abolish America” would be?
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(Nerd self would be open to switching to a parliamentary system w MMPR).
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