Americans have grown less proud of their country’s history or the way its democracy works over the past decade, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
Americans’ pride in the U.S. on several key attributes has dropped since 2017 — including the nation’s military and its political influence around the globe — according to the survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. This poll was conducted in April, as the United States and Iran fought over the Strait of Hormuz in a prolonged war that started with the U.S. and Israel launching strikes on Iran.
New Gallup polling also finds that only 53% of U.S. adults are “extremely” or “very” proud to be an American, the lowest reading in the trend dating back to 2001.
The US was founded on genocide of indigenous people and slavery was embedded in that society at the time (“all men’s are created equal” my ass). While some aspects of it were good and “modern”, most of it was something most of other world societies experimented with already centuries prior. I agree the US was one of the first big nation implementing democracy in a world dominated by monarchies.
i’m not denying any of this. I fully acknowledge that these are terrible sins of our past. but the same founding fathers, the same ones who even practiced these horrible atrocities themselves, foresaw (or at least aspired to) a future free of these terrible inequities. And they also hoped that future generations would strive for a society free of them. And so we have succeeded… to some degree, and continue to work towards that goal. But just because we have not accomplished each and every goal to 100% does not mean that we have failed.
I’m proud to be part of a society that has accomplished these things at least to the point that we have so far. I’m proud of a society that continues to fight for these things, to achieve them further, even when a shameful segment of our society wishes to return to such a shameful past. And that’s my point.
It’s not so - pardon the pun - black and white. A great deal of progress has been made. Surly, there have been setbacks, but we are a lot better off than we used to be, and were constantly working towards that goal. And take pride in our accomplishments. I acknowledge our setbacks.
Like half of these noble founding fathers were rapists and slave owners. I don’t think their aspirations were that people like themselves would disappear
Why should I have a conversation with someone who starts their conversations in bad faith, arguments by willingly admitting that they don’t think?
That may have reasonable … but it’s not anymore. Shall we start from the beginning?
Are you angry that not everyone in this comment section glazes the genocidal imperialistic entity that calls itself the united states of america? You certainly seem to like insulting others for criticizing slavers.
Since there’s nothing I’ve said that could pass as what could be attributed to any emotion, let alone, anger, I’ll just chalk that up to you projecting some unresolved emotions of your own.
Best of luck with that bullshit. 😊 I’m gonna have a nice relaxing bath. Hope you work that out!
(And since I don’t wanna deal with your unresolved, crap, I’m blocking you. Best of luck!)