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Or not, depending on your point of view<\/a>. \u00a0A basic difference between a more progressive spin on America and a more traditional spin is that progressives tend to believe America can be a great nation despite the evils of its past, while\u00a0traditionalists tend to believe that America has been a great nation despite the evils in its past. Likewise, those who swing to the Left tend to see the changes happening as positive, while those who are more conservative will obviously see many changes as negative, especially if they\u2019ve changed important characteristics of their society. \u00a0That Americans are divided along political lines over wanting America the way it used to be or not shouldn\u2019t be surprising. \u00a0Nor should we assume that when people say they want the past, that they necessarily want the evils of the past. \u00a0An interesting, but hardly surprising, survey.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"