Two things we have to drive a stake through if we ever want to reclaim this country:
1. American exceptionalism
2. Nostalgia
American exceptionalism ties in with the idea that we are somehow different from any other country - people think that somehow we're special because a magical divine being inspired the founders of this country. But he didn't inspire them enough to free the enslaved people.
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That’s what do many people in other countries have been thinking g for a long time.
@Susan60 That's also what marginalized people in the United States have been thinking about.
I'm embarrassed to say I'm still waking up to this fact.
Most people don’t like to think of themselves as “privileged”, so it’s a bit awkward when we wake up to it.