Has any free society ever been united by an actual common idea? I suppose we can cite times when there were unifying single events or initiatives, but things h

Has any free society ever been united by an actual common idea? I suppose we can cite times when there were unifying single events or initiatives, but things have always been bursting at the seams. You cite the Apollo program, yet that straddles over some of the most turbulent social change the US has ever experienced. Don't take my word for it, just review all the stuff that happened in 1968 and compare it to now.