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Requiem for American Exceptionaism
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We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Somehow I don't see myself (or many others for that matter) wanting to leave the USA to be a permanant part of some "more exceptional" country. Just sayin' 
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BTW, Time magazine in the March 23, 2015 edition had an interesting counter to this very premise.
The article is entitled "The American Century Isn't Over". A good read.
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I am an Earthian first, so my way of thinking is that there is so much more that makes us the same than what makes us different. I am equally stressed about what happens to a person half way around the world, as what happens to the people I see every day. Land distance doesn't really factor into it for me. I am in no way more or less important than any other person on this planet.
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Goose wrote:
Somehow I don't see myself (or many others for that matter) wanting to leave the USA to be a permanant part of some "more exceptional" country. Just sayin'
I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.
Daniel Webster
But it doesn't mean that I believe that we are, as a birthright, better than other people.
Agreed. Nor should it.
Have you ever wondered IF you were born in a different country or a different race just how you life would be different ? It is an excellent thought provoking experiment.
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Somehow I don't see myself (or many others for that matter) wanting to leave the USA to be a permanant part of some "more exceptional" country. Just sayin'
I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American.
Daniel Webster
But it doesn't mean that I believe that we are, as a birthright, better than other people.
Agreed. Nor should it.
Have you ever wondered IF you were born in a different country or a different race just how you life would be different ? It is an excellent thought provoking experiment.
Yes! That's empathy. Something people lack quite a bit in my experiences. I agree that it is an excellent thought-provoking thing to do.