Americans are as conservative and independent as ever.
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This isn’t your grandfather’s America anymore. Take an objective look at the demographic changes, the seismic cultural shifts, declining morality, the sheer scope and power of government, etc. The country has changed.
Some parts of the country are still a reflective of American traditions and values but they are becoming an ever smaller slice of the country.
“This isn’t your grandfather’s America anymore.”
So true. The people of my grandparent’s generation rarely spoke English. My mother, 3rd generation American, didn’t know any English when she started school. My father, when young, worked part time going around the area with an agent from the Dept. of Agriculture as a translator. The agent didn’t know a lick of Finn and the farmers didn’t know or wouldn’t speak English. The people of my grandparent’s generation didn’t trust the government or others who weren’t Finn.
“This isn’t your grandfather’s America anymore. “
Forgot to add that back in the grandparent’s time, one stuck to your own nationality, ethnic group and religion. You didn’t dare walk through a part of town controlled by another nationality. One set of my great grand parents had to move out of the first town the were in because it was dominated by Italians who would shoot at their house at night because they weren’t Italians. My paternal grandfather was a young boy at the time and he told me this story.