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In reply to the discussion: American Brit moved back to London. "Trump is a logical result of your culture." [View all]The_jackalope
(1,660 posts)I hold dual Canadian/US citizenship, but I've lived all my life up here. I acknowledge that my views have been strongly shaped by a traditional Canadian prairie-socialist anti-Americanism. However, I always thought that your ideals were noble and, however short you sometimes fell, that a potent segment of American society was committed to guarding their flame. Now it seems that segment consists mainly of senior federal law enforcement (!) and your intelligence community (!!!). I pray they have the firepower to hold the line, and that the idealistic side of America will emerge from the wreckage still carrying the torch.
"A nation that has been selling itself to itself" is such an apt description that I'm amazed this is the first time I've read it.