How come American pride is not popular, and do you think Hollywood has something to do with it? Why dont we emphasize American pride over cultural pride, since most of us are Americans?
An intriguing question. I’m not sure that I agree that we don’t celebrate American pride–there’s Fourth of July, and incredibly expansive coverage given to elections, and lots of flags and bumper stickers and “support our troops” magnets on cars and things like that. That said, if there’s been a decline in the celebration of American pride–and I would say there has been– I would offer three theories. First, I think your notion that Hollywood has something to do with it has merit. I would say that today, for every patriotic movie that is made–Top Gun, The Patriot, Independence Day–there are probably five movies that lean towards being anti-patriotic. My second theory is that the Vietnam War has something to do with it–that war was a real blow to American pride. Third, and finally, it may be that “the market” in terms of books, films, politicians, whatever, is simply adapting to American preferences. Studies have shown that the vast majority of people, when asked to choose between
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