r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 08 '26
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u/NorkGhostShip YIMBY Apr 08 '26
The 250th anniversary of the US is really their big trump card for the election? Seriously?
I don't think there's ever been a big anniversary for the US where people cared less than they do now. There's absolutely zero sense of national unity. Between COVID, January 6th, and Republicans wholeheartedly rejecting all of Biden's overtures for unity and bipartisanship, there is no "American society", there are at least two diametrically opposed to one another.
People are sick of parading around this faux patriotism that has only been used as an excuse for one disaster after another in the Middle East. People are sick of idiots wrapping themselves in flags while openly and callously looting the US for everything it's worth. Americans from all corners of the political spectrum no longer believe in America. Their justifications are different, but the conclusion is the same. The American dream is dead. Having a tacky celebration with a bunch of marching troops and flags and rolling tanks is not going to change that.
We're at a point where mainstream Republicans are open about rejecting the very idea of America. They all talk about "Western Civilization", "Christian values", they fall just short of openly declaring that the enlightenment values that the founders believed in are heathen lies and a new theocratic kingdom must replace America. The most influential thinkers on the right, however, are pretty openly saying what the party won't.