Having spent the past 2 weeks across Europe, I’ve learned something profound about the United States.
Our lack of common ethnicity, our fragmented and juvenile idea of American “culture” (food, music, film, art, etc.), and our actual newness as a society (every American I know is either an immigrant, first, or second generation), is what causes so much of our social estrangement.
Cutting Medicaid wouldn’t just be seen as bad policy in France. It would be seen as a betrayal of your extended French “family”.
Cutting food stamps to poor children wouldn’t just be seen as bad policy in Italy. It would be seen as hurting future generations of Italian boys and girls.
Tearing down statues in Spain wouldn’t just be seen as childish and petty. It would be seen as disrespecting *your own* heritage.
With that being said, the lack of an American identity, the lack of a true shared history amongst our citizenry, the lack of any true social contract amongst ourselves, has made the United States the most fertile breeding ground for individual innovation in history.
You can make a mockery of our culture, because we don’t have one.
You can rewrite all our business practices, because we don’t have any.
You can flip our political system upside down, because our system is younger than your grandmother.
You can become anything you want in America. And America can mean whatever you want it mean to you. It is truly the most empty canvass on earth.
Anyone can be an American.
You don’t even have to be an American to support “American ideas”.
Happy birthday to the greatest *and* most troubled nation on earth.
Nick Chubb is like, America's running back.
He's awesome, he's not cocky, he doesn't celebrate, he can absolutely destroy your defense and he will barely say a word after doing it. EVERYONE likes him and respects him. This is just the worst.
Nick Chubb doesn't deserve this. He is the nicest dude ever. Works hard, reps the city of Cleveland and his family so well. This is so sad, I am so bummed for him