While this article is a few days old, I just read it this morning. This resonated with me, as someone whose parents sacrificed everything to come to the US, to give a young DB and his four year old brother what would be thought of as a better life. I would never fault my parents for doing so, as we have had a fairly good life, comparatively speaking as to what we left behind, and have had incredible opportunities by having come to the US.
However, the last five years have really shown me that what is viewed as "american exceptionalism" has been masking outright selfishness and a lack of understanding of a common good. While amplified by the COVID crisis, it has been on display from the moment that a man like Donald Trump was considered, whether seriously or not, a viable candidate to lead this country. The Oscar Wilde citation really resonated: "that the United States was the only country to go from barbarism to decadence without passing through civilization."
The Unraveling of America: Wade Davis for Rolling Stone
However, the last five years have really shown me that what is viewed as "american exceptionalism" has been masking outright selfishness and a lack of understanding of a common good. While amplified by the COVID crisis, it has been on display from the moment that a man like Donald Trump was considered, whether seriously or not, a viable candidate to lead this country. The Oscar Wilde citation really resonated: "that the United States was the only country to go from barbarism to decadence without passing through civilization."
The Unraveling of America: Wade Davis for Rolling Stone
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