We won both world wars, set peace in the Middle East, and maintained our economic prowess. But are our greatest years starting to fall behind us? According to Lipset we are starting to distrust our leaders and have slim confidence in our institutions. That does not mean that everything is going south but what it really means is that we need to get in gear an

Throughout Lipsets's essay he stated how America is different and how it has two sides of its' own story. America started under rule and broke away from that for liberty and so on. It has been doing well but there is always a bad thing that comes from a good thing. Lipset calls this a double-edged sword. Some facts might state that things are great but other facts state that things are bad. Referring back to the first paragraph, America is great in many aspects but things do actually weigh is down. I am pleased to say that those great aspects is what keep us on top of the "hill" that everybody is looking up to.

Lipset then proceeded to talk about how a lot of our fine nation's essays were written under the direction of "foreign pens." The only way that is possible is by comparing a culture that one is well established with to a culture that he is not that aware of. Most foreign travelers wrote about how exceptional this place is. Lipset's words say; "exceptional is not that great." He defines exceptional as different and extraordinary. In all my years as a student most of my acquaintances like different or new things. Routine gets boring and most think change is only for the better. Living under the same rules and regulations that you been disagreeing with makes you jitty. You want to get up and do something about it. Maybe you co

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