29th June 2020, 7:54 PM
I don't think things have ever really been better. The ugliness has always been here. Racial strife has existed on this continent far longer than the United States has, and Trump is merely a bad symptom of a disease which has infected this country since its founding. This is one of those times where the ugliness can't be hidden or ignored, and that's when real opportunities for improvement present themselves.
The American experiment isn't over, but it's definitely entering a whole new phase, and uncharted territory. We can end up better and stronger if we stop clinging to a fantasy idea of what this country used to be and learn from the mistakes and cruelties which litter our past. That's not to say this country has nothing good in its history, or that America was uniquely bad, but I definitely would not rather have been born any earlier than I was. The America my parents grew up in looks like a nightmare when you peel back the nostalgia and selective memories.
The American experiment isn't over, but it's definitely entering a whole new phase, and uncharted territory. We can end up better and stronger if we stop clinging to a fantasy idea of what this country used to be and learn from the mistakes and cruelties which litter our past. That's not to say this country has nothing good in its history, or that America was uniquely bad, but I definitely would not rather have been born any earlier than I was. The America my parents grew up in looks like a nightmare when you peel back the nostalgia and selective memories.
YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER
WE STAND AT THE DOOR
WE STAND AT THE DOOR