[LomanBill]

>>My point was that extended family loyalty is clearly central

E PLURIBUS UNUM  

From many PEOPLES/FAMILIES/TRIBES one Nation.

 

Many individuals, collectively united via American Ideals,

and in those American Ideals, all committed to the liberty of each and every of Individual one them.

 

All for one and one for all.

 

One Nation, Under Almighty God, bound together by our provident AMERICAN ideals written in stone within the walls of the Jefferson Memorial:

 

[LomanBill]

E Pluribus UNUM
With Liberty and Justice for ALL



The workmen on the left were speaking Spanish/English. The Capitol Policewoman is Black. Various other individuals in this photo were observably representative of other ethnicities; and, with the exception of tourists - ALL, to the extent they are United - UNUM - by the same American Ideals - are AMERICANS.





E Pluribus Soccer Team

The founders observed the power of self-evident truth; and in the manifestation of that truth within the moral compass of the Individual - for whom "ALMIGHTY GOD HATH CREATED THE MIND FREE".

Think about it.