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| Republicans need to unite in defense of America’s culture |
| 2020-07-07 |
| [NYPOST] Today’s Republican Party is lost. There is no clear mission driving the GOP. Some Republicans may describe their mission as "freedom" or "limited government." But this is only a means to a mission. These maxims don’t provide guidance as to what the government should be doing at any particular time. A better mission is this: to "preserve the American way of life." This is a shorthand for securing the conditions necessary to pursue a worthy life — what the Founders meant by "happiness" in the Declaration of Independence. America used to see ourselves as one people with a single culture, directed by the Declaration, supported by the Judeo-Christian ethos and shaped by our history. Of course, there were sub-cultures, but we understood them as all sharing the fundamental attributes of a single culture. We insisted that immigrants be assimilated. Colorblindness was our ideal. We believed ourselves to be the least class-conscious, most self-reliant, most religious people in the world. We valued work, no matter how humble. Dependency was thought to be shameful. We believed that happiness required doing good in this world, and we prized civic participation. Many Americans still hold this understanding of our way of life, and it is this that Republicans should preserve. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Cowards seldom unite. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2020-07-07 13:21 |