By "Americans" I mean those who consider themselves American, not those who are legally American but don't identify as American, such as Orthodox Jews, traditional Anabaptists, and me.
I am currently on a road trip and stopping in small towns I have seen surprising acts of decency by a few people. I had thought such things were extinct in America. What am I to make of this?
There are two possible interpretations. Maybe this is all superficial and if I got to know them better, I would discover that they are truly scum after all. Or maybe there still exists a tiny remnant of decent Americans who never post to the internet and never write open source code (since all Americans posting on the internet are clearly scum and all Americans writing open source code are clearly scum).
So which is it? I am not sure. What is your opinion?
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