Very insightful. Thanks a lot, James. I still believe in American exceptionalism but not based on genetics, commercial might, soil, or military power. It is based upon the fact that this country, flawed as it is, was founded on an idea. The challenge is to maintain the humility to criticise ourselves so we do not go where we have been go…
Very insightful. Thanks a lot, James. I still believe in American exceptionalism but not based on genetics, commercial might, soil, or military power. It is based upon the fact that this country, flawed as it is, was founded on an idea. The challenge is to maintain the humility to criticise ourselves so we do not go where we have been going: might makes right or winning is the only thing.
For me, the problems are that we are no longer king of the mountain and we find it challenging to adjust to a post American Century world as well as many of us are forgetting that ideology breeds idiocy.
Very insightful. Thanks a lot, James. I still believe in American exceptionalism but not based on genetics, commercial might, soil, or military power. It is based upon the fact that this country, flawed as it is, was founded on an idea. The challenge is to maintain the humility to criticise ourselves so we do not go where we have been going: might makes right or winning is the only thing.
For me, the problems are that we are no longer king of the mountain and we find it challenging to adjust to a post American Century world as well as many of us are forgetting that ideology breeds idiocy.