barneypiccolo

No, it is not a moral imperative to be a traitor to the United States. The Constitution of the United States advocates for Freedoms like Expression, Religion, Defense, Privacy, etc., and those things should be ferociously defended. Nobody should be a traitor against those things, or they are advocates for authoritarianism.

What we should be traitors of is the MAGA Nazi government. They are not following the Constitution, and are an illegitimate government who has hijacked our political infrastructure.

America's original political philosophy of personal freedom, and citizen control over government is still a valid philosophy that should be the dominant philosophy of the world. It is the way bad operatives have twisted it that needs to be resisted. Be traitors to Traitors, not Freedom.

I have not been arguing that. America is a fucking mess right now, and I'm afraid that it may be the end for it.

I have said before that I have a history degree, and also that I am politically independent, so nobody is more aware of America's problematic history, and all my life I have struggled to reconcile that history with my personal morality. I honestly remember the moment as a kid in school, when I thought about the slaves, and the Indians, and then about how America was supposed to be so great after doing all those terrible things. I have recognized our flaws from a very early age.

However, I have faith in the original concept of America as a nation where all people can be free and equal. I am well aware that we have violated those tenets routinely, but I have lived my life advocating for political issues that would make America adhere to the philosophy of freedom under which we were founded. So while we may act as reprehensibly as some of the worst nations on the planet, I naively optimistic that we will eventually take out nation back, and force it to follow the positive philosophy that is supposed to be our foundation.

I do not defend America's problems, but I am hoping for America's redemption.