From Nihilistic Stagnation to Revolutionary Heroism
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The Special Revolution Today, Americans commemorate something rare and special: a good revolution. The Declaration of Independence marked the creation of something truly new and good: the United States of America. The American Revolution inspired other revolutions but has been hard to equal, maybe harder than anyone thought at the time. There is a long history since then of American idealists supporting revolutions at home and abroad that usually turn out disastrously. Revolution is risky, but it is essential to human nature, and we need to figure it out to truly thrive.
From Nihilistic Stagnation to Revolutionary Heroism
From Nihilistic Stagnation to Revolutionary…
From Nihilistic Stagnation to Revolutionary Heroism
The Special Revolution Today, Americans commemorate something rare and special: a good revolution. The Declaration of Independence marked the creation of something truly new and good: the United States of America. The American Revolution inspired other revolutions but has been hard to equal, maybe harder than anyone thought at the time. There is a long history since then of American idealists supporting revolutions at home and abroad that usually turn out disastrously. Revolution is risky, but it is essential to human nature, and we need to figure it out to truly thrive.