American values are rarely what they aspire to. Besides making inspiring fodder for ridiculous popular cinema, we rarely get much use out of the term 'liberalism' except when we're shying away from it. To that end, just about every person in this country should read this essay and weep for what they themselves have forsaken.
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/stevecoll/2009/01/letter-from-the.html
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thats an amazing essay. thanks for pointing it out, i probably wouldnt have read it otherwise.
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