22/ So curiously, even as immigrant stories get woven into the American story, it’s curiously half-woven. Except for Albion’s Seed people who supply an origin myth, no other story is welcome in the American grand narrative.
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You are welcome to go home at any time. Americans will still be here, and we will still have this country and all its problems to fix, long after you buy your last cheap avocado.
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What voice do you focus on as the official anthropomorphic representative of the country?
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Good question. It’s not as narrow as a Trumpist shouting MAGA cliches, but it is also not a confused cacophony of internal debate. There’s definitely a well-defined egregore for “American”. The cartoon Uncle Sam actually comes close.
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Border Metaphor extensions: Borders feel more like beaches between 2 cultural fabrics (water/squishy-land/land)..hence waves of migration washing over. -- Neo-Americanism is the orthogonal pivot away from Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.https://www.criterion.com/films/676--and-the-pursuit-of-happiness …
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With most people in the US not getting any sort of world history being taught, I'm not even that surprised that they end up believing the way they do. Also, American exceptionalism, etc. etc.
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