CDZ American Exceptionalism

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American exceptionalism. What is it? How is it defined? Is it just another meaningless rhetorical phrase? I don't think so. In fact I think American exceptionalism is evident from all the things our society doesn't do. We are exceptional because we don't provide medical care as a basic human right, we are exceptional because a college education incurs massive personal debt, we are exceptional because we are the richest nation on earth with over forty million people living in poverty and the lowest economic mobility rate in the industrialized world......we are certainly exceptional.

We're exceptional compared to the rest of the world because of many reasons
-Our colleges
-Education
-Science
-Innovation
-Ability to form a business and be successful at it
-We have a stable government

It can't be science because we import Indians for that; only The Best & The Brightest.

 

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American Exceptionalism is a meaningless rhetorical phrase. It's much less specific than Manifest Destiny, which was a similar "ringing phrase" we invented to help justify what we wanted to do, but which we knew was morally tainted.

There are exceptional qualities to the US. We are the cradle of modern democracy. That's our central claim to fame, and with it came concepts of freedom and individualism that had never been achieved for so many before. We married that freedom to capitalism and a great wealth of natural resources and we achieved dominance in all aspects of life.

Now? We're lagging. We invented modern democracy, and now we're lagging behind other countries. American Exceptionalism is a silly phrase that people who don't like global trends can use to warm themselves.

American Exceptionalism is a bullshit phrase that Conservative elitists like Rush Limbaugh use to convince the 99.8% that if they can't make it, it's their fault.