I. Democracy has failed America, and it is necessary to organize outside of conventional electoral politics.
II. America has a unique national identity founded in European discovery and settlement.
@svetapalasha The cyclical nature of history says you have no idea how many young men would be delighted to hear that, and how poorly it would go for commies in the U.S.
"These were the men who made up the bulk of the regiment, and gave it its peculiar character. They came from the Four Territories which yet remained within the boundaries of the United States; that is, from the lands that have been most recently won over to white civilization, and in which the conditions of life are nearest those that obtained on the frontier when there still was a frontier. They were a splendid set of men, these Southwesterners—tall and sinewy, with resolute, weather-beaten faces, and eyes that looked a man straight in the face without flinching. They included in their ranks men of every occupation; but the three types were those of the cowboy, the hunter, and the mining prospector—the man who wandered hither and thither, killing game for a living, and spending his life in the quest for metal wealth."
📜 Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Riders, 1899
📍Big Bend National Park, Texas