The thread linking Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan and Somalia is lack of an overarching sense of national identity. We do not want to go down that route:http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/406096-us-joins-ranks-of-middle-east-with-fierce-identity-politics …
-
-
Replying to @FukuyamaFrancis @JonHaidt
Perpetual mass immigration ensures the impossibility of a stable identity. Even patriotic immigrants cannot be expected to care about George Washington. One day no one will. One day no one will care about FDR, JFK, or MLK. It's inevitable with a forever-rotating population.
2 replies 1 retweet 12 likes -
I don’t see why patriotic immigrants couldn’t see the virtue in someone like George Washington, because his virtues transcend the ethnic identity of most nationalisms. Just need opportunity to educate. Other political dynamics make education towards seeing virtue difficult tho.
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @RGardnerWV @martyrmade and
The biggest one I can think of being that our educators often don’t see virtue in the founders, so new populations have less conditioning to value this country’s national myths.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Maybe our educators are merely adjusting to the needs and demands of the new population they're educating.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
You're advocating for America as a religion, rather than as a nation. Check out Robert Bellah and others if you're interested in more (or Dr. Fukuyama's excellent new book, for that matter).
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.