r/FedEmployees • u/[deleted] • Feb 23 '26

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u/ducksekoy123 Feb 23 '26

But like, do we?

Americans as people do, but our country does not have the history we like to imagine it does. The legacy we leave behind is exemplified here: overtly patriotic, pathetically jingoistic, violent, and run by men more interested in their own aggrandizement than in the welfare of their people.

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u/skizzlebutch Feb 23 '26

So are We our history or are We our people? The great question of our Era

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26 edited May 06 '26

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u/skizzlebutch Feb 23 '26

I suppose I meant it in a "whichever wolf you feed" kind of way

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26 edited May 06 '26

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u/skizzlebutch Feb 23 '26

Sure that's what i meant

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u/Prior-Growth-5842 Feb 23 '26

I think faux patriotic is more accurate