“It’s never ever, ever, been a good bet to bet against America — and it still isn’t.” – President Joe Biden
President Joe Biden said the above quote during a speech to Congress last year. It’s the kind of thing presidents say when they want to bring our country together, lift it up to accomplish great things, or steel it in the face of grave threats.
And for a long time, it’s been a pretty safe bet that our country will overcome any obstacle thrown at it. That American will, ingenuity, and might will win out in the end. That “American exceptionalism” will lead us to come out on top no matter what.
Is it still a safe bet? If I had to wager, I’d say it is, albeit the glaring unexceptionalism we see all around us, including an oftentimes dysfunctional Congress, a disheartening ignorance of science, a deflating adherence to fantasy and conspiracy theories over the truth, and a disgusting level of hate and racism evident in too many of our citizens.
Do we still believe in the vision of America that our forefathers first outlined, that historians have espoused, that countless politicians have parroted? Are we still all we’re cracked up to be? Do we want to bet on it? Most of us would, but I know some people who aren’t.
The Republican Party is betting against America. The GOP is wagering that all that stuff about what makes us so great is just a bunch of bullshit.
Musings of a Nobody 