How I’m outgrowing US exceptionalism: A work in progress
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Like most kids growing up in the 1950s, I recited the United States’ Pledge of Allegiance every morning in school, along with singing “God Bless America” and “America the Beautiful” in school assemblies. I was conditioned to believe the United States was the best country, superior to any other in our democracy, equality and freedom. That fabled motto, “the land of opportunity,” is one example of what we call exceptionalism.
It’s more than that, though. Extreme versi
It’s more than that, though. Extreme versi
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