The Meaning of American Independence
A conversation with Alexander Vindaman and Mike Madrid --The Great Transformation with Mike Madrid https://www.avindman.com/p/the-meaning-of-american-independence
AV: You know, I think the 4th of July has always been complex to different parts of our society.
And maybe it was an easy question to answer a few years ago, a decade ago. It was an easy question to answer that we are singular, unique, the shining city on a hill. It's become a lot more challenging. It's become a lot more challenging because I think we're discovering things about ourselves,
maybe aspects that elements of our society, minority groups in particular, kind of took for granted and embraced America in a beautiful way, maybe, you know, in a special way as critical patriots. as critical patriots, understanding that we were imperfect, that we were created to strive to be a more perfect union.
And I think all of us could see that now, which is actually a pretty interesting and amazing opportunity to learn about ourselves and how much is left undone. And I'm kind of reflecting on that as I'm thinking about this really powerful question. 249, you know, a big round number 250, right around the corner. how far we've come, how much of this more perfect union we've created, and how much more work is left to do. And clearly, there is a lot of work to do.
