• can@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    because we trusted that our core values (freedom, equality, justice)

    Are those really American’s core values? It sure hasn’t appeared that way from the outside, and that’s not a new thing.

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      That’s what we are led to believe as children, and it’s the principles we talk about when we want to foster civic pride.

      But do we practice those values? Do we base all of our actions as a government, as a nation, as a community, on those principles? No, we don’t, but most of us Americans are just finding that out.