Quote (IceMage @ Jul 9 2022 11:48pm)
Haven't been here in a couple weeks, so I'm going to hijack this thread to ask a question.
Are you guys proud to be American?
I don't mean grateful that you live in a country like America, but specifically, proud to be American. If so, or if not, why? I've been thinking about this lately.
I am, but it's not simple.
Think of a sine wave. I'm proud to be the sine wave, but I realize it has it's ups and downs.
The trick ofc is to always remember that America is the sine wave... not only an up or down part of the sine wave.
Generally, I think America is headed in the right direction. Right now though, we're in a less than ideal phase. But the direction is still good.
If you want to get "Constitutional" about it... I think this is how this country was designed by the forefathers.
They realized that any "system" would waver, like a sine wave. So they tried to come up with an overall plan that would allow and account for this, yet not break apart.