A new AP-NORC poll finds that as the U.S. prepares for an extravagant celebration of its founding principles, fewer Americans see their country or its system of government as exceptional.

As the U.S. prepares for an extravagant celebration of its founding principles, fewer Americans see their country as exceptional, a new poll finds.

The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research highlights many Americans’ feeling of unease over the future of its representative government — particularly among young people. It presents a jarring contrast as communities around the country commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary.

Only about one-quarter of Americans say the U.S. stands above all other countries in the world, the new poll found, while 44% say it’s one of the greatest countries in the world, along with some others. About 3 in 10 say there are better countries than the U.S., an increase from 19% in an AP-NORC poll conducted in June 2016.

  • some_designer_dudeEnglish
    361·
    2 days ago

    Stop tolerating the right, for starters. They tried to overthrow the government in the Civil War and then everyone just stopped and let them slink back into society like it never happened instead of rounding them up and executing them for treason. Hundreds of years later, surprise, they’re strong again and back at it. Will they learn from the past this time? Clearly not.

    • Fishnoodle
      6·
      2 days ago

      I think what mount actually be effective would be to have a ‘January 6th Re-enactment’ event. You basically gaslight the fuck out of Republicans and act like the j6 insurrection was a peaceful protest. Then have as many people show up as possible dressed in pro Trump shit with face coverings, only this time, we do what they actually intended to do with j6, which is overthrow the government.

      Like what are they gonna do? Freak out because j6 was a violent act of treason? Because it’s just a re-enactment of what repubs claim was a peaceful demonstration.

      Also don’t actually announce the event in advance, just show up unexpectedly, it will give them no time to prepare the troops/national guard.

      At the end of the day the optics will be that a group of Trump supporters are trying to reenact an event that Trump claims was a perfectly peaceful legal demonstration. Except we actually execute it correctly. At first make it really hokey and stupid like a civil war re-enactment. Let people put their guard down, have the event start to peter out, then bam, swarm once they’ve let their guard down, and smoke, smoke, smoke. Reduce visibility, create chaos, act quickly. Have ice looking camo and carriers on under you clothes, switch clothes quickly, blend in as another team of responders, make your way to the perimeter, sabotage people stationed there, cause more chaos, then disperse. Capture the reps guilty of treason, deal with them on the spot

      When you make it so the responders can’t trust one another when they respond to the event you will have won.