America: Land of the Human Soul

American Thinker.com ^ | July 8, 2021 | Paul Krause

[Kaslin]

The assault against the United States of America is entering a new phase. The anti-American left, with its impoverished vision of the human soul, constantly bemoans the United States as a villainous nation founded on hatred and prejudice, crime and thievery, murder and imprisonment. The anti-Americans assert the entire American experiment is flawed, from the Mayflower Compact to the American Revolution itself. How, then, should patriotic Americans respond?

Narratives are power. This is something that conservatives have failed to grasp. For all the good of policy programs like lower taxes, deregulation, encouraging a spirit of entrepreneurship, and so forth, such policy slogans don’t tell a story. Humans are storytelling creatures and are captivated by stories. American patriots need a new story, one that honors the past and builds it into the future.

All nations thrive on noble stories. They are integral to our cohesiveness as story-making creatures. Our primary identities are, in fact, rooted in stories (called “narrative identities”). The stories we tell ourselves and the stories we pass on become part of an unfolding story which gives our lives meaning and purpose since stories have meaning and purpose.

Stories are the core of true culture -- something that the anti-American left understands and wields to horrific destructive power in their story of American genocide, oppression, and racism. By telling their story and propagating it from the organs of schools, media, even churches, the anti-American left causes people to hate their own heritage, history, and patrimony. Thus we see so many Americans denounce their own birthplace.

[Walrus]

Excellent observations.

And, as long as we’re already at the school board meeting fighting CRT, how about we add reinstituting traditional American history to the agenda?

[central_va]

Hunan Soul.