@lonespur

That, on that original sin: also failing to integrate and absorb the cultures that were already here, creating the American culture. There is no American sense of cultural self.

@Edelruth @lonespur You mean: failing to integrate INTO and absorb the cultures that were already there, right? As in the original sin being: landing on a different continent and saying “Right, this is our land now. We’re calling the shots from now on.”

@ArtHarg @lonespur

Exactly. And I'm not sure that had happened before.