The Third Hope, the Greatest Nation

faith in god began to wane among the elites long before it was popular in culture. Du bonce writes that we substituted a deified nation for god. Since then, our third hope has been put on what he calls self actualization. We do not consider the claims of religion or national loyalty to ever overrule our pursuit of individual freedom and happiness. Our hope is now for individual freedom to pursue our own private ideas of good and to discover our authentic selves.