What was the American secret? From el gato malo at boriquagato.substack.com:
making america american again
this has become a popular sort of meme and line of thinking lately.
on the one hand, i think it carries some important truth; on the other i think it represents a materially incomplete framing and embodies a sort of semantic and logical sleight of hand.
i think both sides are worth fleshing out.
let’s look.
on its face, one can certainly accept some of the obvious truths herein.
the US and liberia are very different places with very different standards of living, societal mores, levels of safety, freedom, and experienced rights. clearly “just having the same constitution” is a far from dispositive societal determinant and this is essentially a complete and more or less indisputable refutation of the idea that “we just need better rules and utopia is right around the corner.”
Make Israel Great Again. (sarc?)
In good news beautiful black cat is still here!
Meow.