“most Americans no longer understand what it means to be an American“
Sadly, I am well on my way in believing that. Dennis Prager (of Prager U whose videos we put up a lot here at the ‘Grok) has a splendid post on why Donald Trump won and the biggest one is not one many Conservative are struggling to come to terms with because it means we have no home (actually, I already walked out that door but still haven’t found new philosophical digs yet). It also paints a bleak painting going foward. The short of it is:
- But the biggest reason is this: The majority of Republicans are not conservative.
- The answer lies in America’s biggest – and scariest – problem: Most Americans no longer know what America stands for.
- Since its inception, the Left has opposed the American idea, and for good reason. Everything the American idea represents undermines leftist ideas. And the Left, unlike most Americans, has always understood that either the Left is right or America is right.
- American values were so successful that Americans came to take America’s success for granted
- Schools even stopped teaching American history.
I agree with all of those points taken from Prager’s post. The question is not only what do Conservatives do now, but what can we do going forward? The ramparts of culture that the Left has taken over has remolded the American mindset at the least and has turned it against its founding principles at best (which is worst – turning against or slipping into sheer ignorance?). What will happen in a few short decades if these nitwits coming out of school spouting literal gibberish assume the reins of leadership and power?
I really hope it isn’t Venezuela. Go read the whole thing.
(H/T: National Review)
