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> And they cannot even face that. Except for maybe the Germans, Americans have a credible claim to more "facing" of their sins than any other country on Earth.
by dionidium 5y ago
> And they cannot even face that.
Except for maybe the Germans, Americans have a credible claim to more "facing" of their sins than any other country on Earth. Have you consumed any U.S. news over the last 20 years? Wrestling with our past is practically the national pastime.
- pmoriarty 5y ago"Wrestling with our past is practically the national pastime." Most Americans don't care about politics, don't care about history, and certainly don't engage in any past wrestling. It's a relatively small, well educated elite who has that interest. The rest of the population would rather watch cat videos.
- dionidium 5y agoSure, but that's true of all people in any country at any point in history. When we say something like, "they cannot even face that," we're either talking about the portion of the population that pays attention to and discusses national issues or we're not talking about anybody at all, pretty much by definition.
- pmoriarty 5y agoStill, you can't call something done only by a small minority of the population a national pastime. Watching sports is a national American pastime. So is drinking beer. Wrestling with the past is not.