What might world history have looked like if there had never been a United States, or if it ceased to exist before the 20th-century? Is “America” an “exceptional” nation, an “idea” even, that stands as a beacon of hope to the rest of the world? Is “America” largely innocent of the crimes of genocide, slavery, and theft? Are the domestic enemies of “America” part of a conspiracy, like the kind that propelled a “socialist” Obama to office? Are we able to keep track of the differences between each of these questions? Can we even see the kinds of assumptions that are smuggled into each one? Dinesh D’Souza is betting you cannot....
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