What Makes America, America?
What Makes America, America? Hi! Happy Monday! Just a reminder, this blog is not about punditry, but solutions. When this country was founded the expressed goal of the founders was to make a country morally superior to Great Britain. Two popular slogans of the American Revolution were "Don't Tread On Me" and "No Taxation Without Representation." George Washington was asked why he refused to torture British prisoners. His answer? He wanted to build a country that he would feel good to live in, he wanted to build a better country. Here are some choices for answering what makes America, America: 1. Technical Superiority 2. Military Superiority 3. Trade Superiority 4. Moral Superiority 5. Land Superiority To be clear the categories include things like life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness being under moral superiority. The founders believed first and foremost that moral superiority to British tyranny was number one, followed closely by trade an