A propositional nation continuously replenished by immigrants seeking economic improvement lives in a perpetual present. Even a patriotic new arrival cannot be expected to get emotional over the memory Valley Forge. Eventually, even FDR, JFK, and MLK will be similarly forgotten.
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Replying to @martyrmade
So what is the national myth of the USA? According to David Hackett Fisher in Albion’s Seed there are actually four main cultures and hence narratives to the USA. Resolving these into a cohesive national story has eleuded us this far
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Replying to @flyineric
I think we were in the process of forging a legit postwar mainstream, and working on resolving the historical injustice committed against African Americans until, in '65, we began importing more than the population of France from the 3rd World into the US and scrambled it all up.
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Nothing at all against 3rd world countries or their people. I'm only referring to the rate of immigration and its effect on our ability to integrate.
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