American Exceptionalism

As a young man living through the modern political era, I have a storm of emotions. Those emotions come from a place of cynicism, fear for the future. They come from not recognizing the country I found myself in and not knowing what's truth or lie. Taught to believe in a certain narrative, one that was black and white left the moral grey area aside for higher long-term projects of empire. Are we truly any different than the empires that had a rise and fall before us?

from a young American.