tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566794.post4883263590179960915..comments2023-10-25T02:02:54.753-07:00Comments on The Permanent Things: Patriotism Firmly Rooted in Mid-AirBenedictushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11906513699896036425noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10566794.post-67940763259108462982008-10-27T17:43:00.000-07:002008-10-27T17:43:00.000-07:00This isn't anything new, though, is it?I mean - ha...This isn't anything new, though, is it?<BR/><BR/>I mean - hasn't "America" always been an abstraction?<BR/><BR/>As a boy growing up in this country - and continuing to grow up here - I have never been presented with anything more than an idea. It is great because "behind this mask, there is an idea - and ideas are bulletproof!" (V, from V for Vendetta) I personally believe this is rather lame, but it seems like the only way to make a Modernist/Enlightenment project like "America" work.ZSDPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07579328754658337516noreply@blogger.com