Posted on 10/31/2022 8:45:53 PM PDT by bitt
For the past few days, I've been trying to explain to a Millennial the concept of that "Great America" that is encompassed in Trump's MAGA slogan ("Make America Great Again"). Marinated in modern academia, which hates America, he simply doesn't get it. Perhaps that's why I was stunned by the perspicacity in Michael Anton's latest, which looks at the ruling class's vision of America, a vision that, in its own way, is even more antithetical to the MAGA viewpoint than this young man's generalized disdain.
First, a little bit of middle-aged history for the young 'uns out there. My generation (those of us who came of age before the year 1990) remember something that's utterly alien to young folks today: we remember socializing with people from the opposite political party. During those social engagements, there were often vigorous political disagreements, but they were never ugly political disagreements.
Looking back, what I realized is that the people participating in those discussions had a relatively similar vision for America: they wanted a clean, prosperous, nationally secure America with a strong middle and working class, and with Americans measured by the content of their character, not the color of their skin, their sex, or their sexual preferences. The political discussions were about the best way to achieve those goals rather than about the goals themselves.
Things are different now, and it matters politically. When Trump coined the phrase MAGA, he was harkening back to that shared vision of a worthy America that had institutions that sought to strengthen both the country itself and the individuals within the country. Now, though, thanks to a generation of young people raised on Howard Zinn's openly communist, anti-American A People's History of the United States, not to mention the Critical Race Theory, DEI theory, and LGBTQ+++
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They were pretty mean even in the 80s and 90s. They were already screaming slogans mindlessly then. They didnt really want to debate much.
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THe only fissure I am concerned with is the one in Joe Bidens butt. I will try to reorient it horizontally and make it much bigger.Then when he falls down the stairs of Air Force #1 his arse will make a “wubba-wubba” sound with each hit on a stair tread. That sound will be the most genuine truth Biden ever uttered.
The USA is fissureless. This you will see on November 8th.
All fissures are ENDED. One Nation under the Divine.
They are a MYTH.
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