whatever happened to the bullshit this country was founded on and whichw e continue to rely on today?
land of the free, beacon of something or other etc etc.
can we just kick ass for cash and look at ourselves int he mirror? what story do we tell ourselves? how does the narrative work?[/quote]
Scaredy: Where, oh where, to begin. Okay, let’s start with this: Original draft of Constitution contained the phrase, “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Property” (subsequently changed to “Happiness”). The US has been a going concern from the jump, going back to the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis & Clark Expedition (searching for new river ways, and sources of wealth).
Manifest Destiny (“From sea to shining sea”, with a little mass murder along the way)
Gunboat Diplomacy (The Caribbean as an American lake)
Mexican-American War (Because the Mexicans would never have put California, Texas and Arizona to good use)
Spanish-American War (Randolph Hearst: “You give me the pictures, I’ll give you a war”)
