Anathema
Crotchety Olde Man
Your country was founded nearly 350 years ago as an agrarian economy and had a population of less than 3 million people. Most people were born, grew up, lived and died within a 50 mile radius. Culture and society have changed markedly since that time.
You are no longer an agrarian economy. You have over 300,000,000 people. Your economy is based on goods and services, not agriculture. And you’ve become a huge military power.
What made a country safe and strong in 1776 won’t work today, and I seriously doubt many people are interested in dismantling the military industrial complex you’ve become.
Seriously man, stop dwelling on your pre-Revolutionary heritage. That and $2 will buy you a cup of coffee.
My family has been in this country since before since the Revolutionary War as well. We have our own town which was owned and developed generations ago. I’m proud of my heritage and my family’s contribution to our country but in the grand scheme of things it doesn’t make me any different or better than the next guy. Even if he just became a citizen last week.
Then there is no place for me in this world. Let me go consider eating a bullet. Thanks.