Buckanan
Deconstructing America
Patrick J. Buchanan is a conservative political leader in the United States. The article Deconstructing America was published in his 2007 book, Day of Reckoning. Buchanan says "America is today less a nation than an encampment of politics and power.." Although the rhetoric surrounding the creation of the nation did focus on themes such as equality, democracy, and diversity, in practice there were certainly more superficial ideologies at play.
"The United States, the greatest republic since Rome and the British Empire may be said to have risen from that three-cornered for the Jamestown settlers began to build the day they arrived. But that republic and that empire did not rise because the settlers and those who followed believed in diversity, equality, and democracy (Buckanan)."
The settlers were in no way worried about equality within their own groups or especially with the natives. The pilgrim's societies were based on strict hierarchies and fairly rigid social orders that did not accept diversity in ideologies or heritage.
"It was an "us-them" kind of thing. English settlers believed in their superiority in the Christian faith, culture, and civilization and rejected any differences with cannons and swords. And America has continued to challenge different groups throughout history, just in different ways (Buckanan)."
Buchanan stresses the idea that America claims to equality, democracy, and diversity in the modern society are imagined and not quite the case. Rather, he focuses on the fact that multiculturalism can actually make people feel less safe and they shut down socially. Conversely, people feel more comfortable...
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