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The Fear of American Exceptionalism in the United States
The U.S ruling class has made a calculation that its system is incapable of any significant reforms beyond cosmetic and so that calculation has led into an even more staunch defense of american exceptionalism. We're faced with a situation where the exceptionalist mythology is becoming less and less legitimate to more and more people but at the same time the forces that have an interest in maintaining those mythologies are becoming more and more brutal, i say.