Kinda going off what Uesugi said, I think there is a portion out there who thinks we're good enough as-if, have advanced and progressed enough, and further change is unwanted. Or "stepping down from perfection" as it were. I think America's long fixation with its own superiority has helped fuel this mindset and I think we've slipped from being the 'best' in so many ways because of it. There are too many people who think something inherent about being American is what makes us better, rather than what we do with being Americans.
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