Pat Buchanan reflects on what makes a nation and whether the diversity cult of the elites imperils the American nation. Must reading. A few excerpts:
In the first line of the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson speaks of “one people.” And who were these “people”?
In Federalist No. 2, John Jay writes of them as “one united people … descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs…”
If such are the elements of nationhood and peoplehood, can we still speak of Americans as one nation and one people?
Federalist No. 2 celebrated our unity. Today’s elites proclaim that our diversity is our strength. But is this true or a tenet of trendy ideology?
Read more here: http://buchanan.org/blog/america-still-nation-127293