I disagree. The original ideas - freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to bear arms, etc - those ideas, those principles ARE what held us together - no matter where you came from, or what other differences we might have had.
In the end, ideology - meaning the principles you live by - is the strongest bond that human beings can have as a culture.
Yeah, we're united by a common law. And we're being torn apart in spite of common law, not because of it. My ancestors shed far too much blood fighting tribalism for me to succumb to it now.
Being a "nation of ideas" instead of a nation with a real connection is how we got where we are today.
I disagree. The original ideas - freedom of speech, freedom of religion, right to bear arms, etc - those ideas, those principles ARE what held us together - no matter where you came from, or what other differences we might have had.
In the end, ideology - meaning the principles you live by - is the strongest bond that human beings can have as a culture.
Yeah, we're united by a common law. And we're being torn apart in spite of common law, not because of it. My ancestors shed far too much blood fighting tribalism for me to succumb to it now.