Language can be powerful in shaping ideas and the US has convinced the entire world that they are the “Americans” and everybody else on the 2 continents aren’t.

  • ryanpdg1@lemmy.caEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I remember learning about manifest destiny when I was in school. Kinda made me distrusting of people south of the border. I would agree with the sentiment of “language matters” and that we need to really drive home our sovereignty into the US psyche.