Nativist or Accommodation?

The U.S. has never been a truly moral country, even though we talk as if we are above moral reproach. The biggest lies we tell are to ourselves, which keeps us from facing our morality. The lies are not necessary because that is who we are.  All countries do bad things, all countries do good things.  Mostly bad things are done for nativist purposes, to create an illusion of morality, and what good things are done come about to accommodate all the majority.

The U.S. is a great country because of our promise.  The promise of liberty and justice for the average person resonates across the world.  The U.S. set up a system to bring that about.  We have not always lived up to our promise, but we continually work toward making that promise come true.

It is the tension between the belief in our morality and our actions that brings about the great changes that have occurred.  As we draw more people who are different into our promise the tension increases until change occurs.  Throughout our history the change has usually been advantageous for everyone. However, sometimes the change is a war, ostensibly to protect ourselves.

The problem from the tension is that nativist want to impede progress in order to keep their world intact while progress is causing change to occur.  With a population as large as the that of the U.S. , it is imperative to find common ground and be willing to compromise.