Why? Because Americans do not deserve any better. My kids were not raised to believe that this is the greatest nation on earth because "America", so while I may not live long enough to see both of them flee I do believe neither of them will draw their last breaths as Americans. And that gives me great comfort. Of course, if the country breaks up (a possibility more likely I think now than at any time since the 1860's), they might stay in one of the saner nation states that emerge from this atrocious wreckage.
What I see now more vividly than ever before is that it is not ignorance that makes 21st century America such a wretched place, it is Americans that make it such a wretched place. Americans cannot be salvaged, nor do they deserve salvation.
What I see now more vividly than ever before is that it is not ignorance that makes 21st century America such a wretched place, it is Americans that make it such a wretched place. Americans cannot be salvaged, nor do they deserve salvation.