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I’ve come to believe that American Exceptionalism is the root of all evils. Once you decide that you’re God’s new Chosen People, self-awareness becomes very difficult.
We need to shed our sense of uniqueness and our sense of entitlement. We need to become a normal nation.
Of course, that’s akin to saying that we should abandon our identity — which isn’t likely to happen.
Hence, my pessimism.
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I think Andrew will get his wish, but it will take a total collapse of America before the people will even consider such an idea. Perhaps the end is not all that far away and Obama is just trying to hurry it up.
