A commonality of ideals would be (excuse this) ideal. However its seems that the commonality we currently share is much more about the negative and demonstrative issues we face. Perhaps we can transition to a more positive position rather than this negative one but varied differences of belief and opinion make it rather difficult right now.
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Originally Posted by honestiago
Either way, I think we have to ask ourselves how to build the next moral compass. For without religion, our only commonality is our American heritage, and the laws under which we live. Commonality of ideals is nice, but seeing as how we often can't agree on what our laws truly mean, it might be nice if we could come together in some substantive way beyond our arguments. Otherwise, we have to wait 'till the next disaster or war before we realize we're not a nation of individuals, mentally jerking off to our own mantras, but a party of people in the same boat, ready to sink or swim.
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Oh, and by the way- OK OK OK you have made your point. Physical and technological conditions are far better now than they have ever been. I'm simply stating that our social and political conditions have not advanced to the same degree. If anything there has been an abandonment of national values. Probably due to the fact that with our new technology we have more time to explore our humanism and sample the "forbidden fruits".