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- laymanpascal...
A nation-state is always a curious mixture of nation (a people, ethos) and state (an economic and military management zone). They never perfectly overlap. And there may be a minimum amount of homogeneity necessary to support increased diversity.... - Sassiebrat67...
Yes. People have forgotten, or take for granted all the blessings of what being AMERICAN is. Sad. Now I fear its too late.
The Open Question July 1: What does the USA stand for?
This week many of us are celebrating the USA turning 250: a blink in geological time, not so long compared to the Holy See, a heck of long time for a democracy managing 340 million extremely diverse people. So this week's open question is What does the USA stand for?... - onAmericans are a free people. Free people do not have to give anything to anyone. Helping widows, orphans and disabled people is done using Free Will with help from our Republic and churches. As free people, we take care of ourselves. Socialism and communism is about seizing property from free people. bySassiebrat67...
You stated The definition of America I was raised to believe in. Thank you for reminding us all the core values of our Republic
- pacjac...
USA stands for Freedom and Opportunity
Decline isn't catastrophe: There's a lot of talk about the end of the American empire and these cycles of changing world order. But when Ray Dalio points to the Dutch and British empires, and I think about how good the people of the Netherlands the UK seem to have it, on average...