Re: Still with Trump
By: Vilenihilist to Arelor on Mon Mar 23 2026 09:20 am
> Hardly. For one, who decides what is
> a traditional American?
This right here is precisely part of the issue. EVERYBODY knows what traditional
western cultural values are yet so many people pretend not to have a clue.
I don't identify myself as a Christian but it takes no genius to realize left-wi
ng parties champion Islam exclusively as a way to oppose Christianity (and the b
ag of right-wing policies that come with it). That is just an example. Nobody wh
o isn't a muslim would endorse the muslim culture in a vacuum.
Anybody who is not under a rock and is somehow honest with himself will clearly
notice that American cultural products have switched from embracing American cul
ture to rejecting it quite overtly. Old movies featured aspirational characters
that were intended to represent the prime of Americanism. Daniel Boone's TV show
was all about exploration and heroism, but also about fending off totalitarian
overreach, keeping good relationships with peaceful neighbors and fighting off h
ostile ones. Now we have movies like Black Panther in which the heroes openly sh
ame whiteness.
Most noticeably, American cultural products have lost their identity because the
y removed their stars and stripes, their apple pie, guns, bourbon and failed to
fill the void with anything meaningful. There is a reason why the movie industry
is touching new lows as of late: Hollywood is producing empty products. When yo
u watch a Bollywood piece it is easy to notice they are proud of their identity
or at least they are not ashamed of it, so even bad pieces have the redeeming ch
aracteristic of having some substance.
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