
[BEST OF] American Exceptionalism and Innocence: Liberal Ideology and American Creation Myths
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The Origins Myths of the United States
"This book was not and we say very explicitly it was not a targeted towards these sentimentalities of the so-called um anti-tramp resistance or the uh or we weren't really looking even though we do understand the right wing in liberal wings of the political establishment in this country," says author. "We were looking at to make an objective assessment about what is the biggest threat to us as leftists at this very moment." The founding fathers wanted freedom for whom, he argues. We have to be very careful painting one broad stroke over the development of societies especially marxist said writer.
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