Glenn Ellmers: 'What is actually required now is a recovery, or even a refounding, of America as it was long and originally understood but which now exists only in the hearts and minds of a minority of citizens.'

Salvo 03.24.2021
“Conservatism” is no Longer Enough
Glenn Ellmers
The American Mind
A PUBLICATION OF THE CLAREMONT INSTITUTE


,,,most people living in the United States today—certainly more than half—are not Americans in any meaningful sense of the term.


I’m really referring to the many native-born people—some of whose families have been here since the Mayflower—who may technically be citizens of the United States but are no longer (if they ever were) Americans. They do not believe in, live by, or even like the principles, traditions, and ideals that until recently defined America as a nation and as a people. It is not obvious what we should call these citizen-aliens, these non-American Americans; but they are something else.


What is actually required now is a recovery, or even a refounding, of America as it was long and originally understood but which now exists only in the hearts and minds of a minority of citizens.