Sorry that was kind of cryptic and vague. I meant that the poem talks about two things that are more or less the same, and then championing the more-or-less equ

Sorry that was kind of cryptic and vague. I meant that the poem talks about two things that are more or less the same, and then championing the more-or-less equal path you chose to take as some great defining decision. To me American nihilism is the championing of non decisions. Taking pride in your political party, car brand, part of the country you live in, etc. Americans tend to see meaning in the meaningless, morality in being content, identity in pre-selected choices, and they do it with a smile.