What a sympathetic, artful, historical analysis in our time of dissention. Aren't we humans inexorably ruled by our conflicted natures! Here we are: desperate to convert other humans into our personal circle of beliefs and actions and traditions, and yet we are also beautifully and immeasurably enhanced by diversity in all its forms. How do we understand, combine and reconcile these seemingly opposed human needs in our persons and our culture? One greatness of the US, as you point out, is that this country of ours may have come as close as any to doing that.
I think this is really well put. There are a lot of people who've long said that America is more of an idea than an actuality, and I think our ability to move from the former to the latter is being sorely tested. We'll see how it holds up...
“…acting to maintain the living cultural fabric that surrounds us.”
Thank you Tyler Sage
So glad it connected with you!
What a sympathetic, artful, historical analysis in our time of dissention. Aren't we humans inexorably ruled by our conflicted natures! Here we are: desperate to convert other humans into our personal circle of beliefs and actions and traditions, and yet we are also beautifully and immeasurably enhanced by diversity in all its forms. How do we understand, combine and reconcile these seemingly opposed human needs in our persons and our culture? One greatness of the US, as you point out, is that this country of ours may have come as close as any to doing that.
I think this is really well put. There are a lot of people who've long said that America is more of an idea than an actuality, and I think our ability to move from the former to the latter is being sorely tested. We'll see how it holds up...