Donald Trump and Dictatorial Taste

[JasonBlack]

(07-09-2022, 11:26 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: The United States of America is not a nation-state. It is a nationality of convenience. This is an empire, even if it is (long may it so stay) the Empire of Liberty. We have great diversity in what it means to be an American. Very old Hispanic communities in New Mexico and Florida are just as American as descendants of residents of what were the original thirteen colonies and states. If having been stripped of any cultural connection to a foreign country except genes that place one's ancestors (or enough of them) in sub-Saharan Africa so that they could do back-breaking toil under brutal management and having to create a culture in America that belongs only in America, then what is?

One thing we can all agree on: America is an experimental mass of cognitive dissonance and ideological contradictions, where revolution often coincides with convention and tradition. Imo, it's a miracle we have lasted this long, but at the same time...it's clear something worked.