Why Is the United States Still a Nation?
Channel: Majpalmer
Date: 2020-07-31

From the beginning, the United States was a nation divided by slavery, but bound by a set of ideas that included republican government, market capitalism, a shared Judeo-Christian heritage, and the scientific, philosophical, historical, and political fruits of the Renaissance and the Enlightenments. Today, the divisive issues of race have replaced those related to slavery, but all the other ideals on which this country was founded have been challenged and in many cases destroyed by our higher education system. 

The obvious question should be, what is holding this country together other than inertia? And if the answer is nothing, than why should we remain a country, a nation? Can we avoid disunion? Should we avoid disunion? Are our choices to resolve our divisions through the use of force (another bloody civil war), or to sit down and negotiate a peaceful divorce?

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