One peculiar American religion that I didn't convert to on becoming a citizen is reverence for founding fathers.
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Analogy: when there are fewer cult-of-personality stocks in a young country, bad times = stock buybacks = unusual appreciation of stature
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Founders "cheated" by being intelligent and articulate idealists/pragmatists before being compromised by actually being in power.
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