Post: #1

I'm poor with articulation but I'm gonna give it the old college try:

The concept of American exceptionalism, in its most ostensible form, can be see as deep patriotic pride by its loyal contingent, or silly, almost adolescent egotism to foreigners or the more cynical of the American populous. However I think that the idea of American exceptionalism is beginning to take on an unintentionally nefarious form. While Americans can see the nation and its populous as exceptional in many ways, I fear that this sense of exceptionalism is allowing people to omit from their minds the possibility of the nation succumbing to the plagues that have infected nations the world over.

For instance, people are becoming increasingly indifferent towards the slow erosion of freedoms in the county. They have an inordinate amount of faith in the government and its vast institutions, thinking that there's no way that any of the could be ill intentioned at worst or misleading at best. All one has to do is look at how slanted the media has become, turning merely from a source of information into the political weapon of those it serves. Pointing this out, however, is met with "tin foil hat" accusations. They see these tactics as something out of a history book from high school discussing the USSR, not as something that could happen in the USA, because, hey we're great fuck you. The first man to go against the entrenched establishment is forcing the establishment to show its hand, its willingness to use such tactics to maintain control and the illusions of freedom. Yet, people don't think "it could happen here" because they're free to watch football on sundays and complain about some millionaire not standing during the pledge.

While the idea of American exceptionalism is vast and far beyond the scope of which I wish to write, I fear it very well carry within it the seed to the demise of the American Dream.

Post: #2

Nope.
Americans who truly love their country, do not trust the government.
Americans who hate their country, want to give the government all the power to control everyone's lives.

It's the patriotic that makes the country so strong. Fly the flag on their houses. Put pride into the maintenance and well being of the land they live on, and to put their lives to defend it.

You need to get out of the city bud.

Post: #3

Not at all. Sounds like you've been reading Martin Armstrong.

This is the equivilent of Rome swapping from a republic to an empire. America has many more years left.

I laugh when I see people write off America and say the mantel of world growth will be in China. You kidding me with this? China's powerful for sure, but it's not without its problems. Most notably it's government, demographic problems, and falsified economic "reports" .

Maybe Japan, but China will flounder another hundred years before it figures itself out.

The great awakening is occurring now. Like a tide, Trump is only the beginning. It will only get stronger.