I believe in American Exceptionalism. At least I believe the possibly wrong interpretation I read where God chose America to be the dominant democracy over the last few hundred years.
What I take exception to is that we deserve it. Americans should be humble, not proud. A system was put in place at the founding of this country that let us succeed in spite of ourselves. It's misplaced to be a proud American, flaunting our superiority and encouraging isolationism.
The downfall of America won't be the expansion of the welfare state, it will be declining morality. This can manifest itself in corruption and isolationism when we move to the right, or free-riding in our welfare state if we move to the left.
As long as we are in moral decline, our exceptional status is in jeopardy.
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