Who are the "real" Americans?

Got an interesting reply to a point I made in another thread.
I thank that SW member for bringing up the point.
I am paraphrasing but he doesn't want to get rid of the electoral college and go for a straight popular vote, as he feels candidates would concentrate on large metropolitan areas. As opposed to small metropolitan areas (LOL). The reasons he gives is that people in these areas have forgotten the frontier spirit that perhaps he feels made America great. I'm pretty sure that somebody working in Wall Street (NY) or in Hollywood (CA) would take issue with that. They could say, if they were successful of course, that they were bringing in the $$$$$ that make America great. Do they really need to be removing timber and boulders to be a "real" American?

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Northwest · M

I find the "who are the real Americans" to be a transparent attempt to disenfranchise a large part of the American population, and is is disingenuous for starters.

The frontier spirit make America great? Perhaps, and in that case, then the credit goes to Jedediah Smith, who discovered the South Pass (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedediah_Smith), which opened up the West to exploration and the incorporation of the West or the Continental Divide, is what truly made America the world's most powerful nation.

So, in the 19th century, this is what the frontier spirit was about. That, along with killing the indigenous people, and raping the land.

In the second part of the 20th century, and the first part of the 21st century, there is no frontier spirit. Even if you live in Alaska, you can hop on a sea plane, and get your supplies.

So, before you shit on California, consider that the "pioneer" spirit is called the Silicon Valley, and what it symbolizes, and that's what's keeping America great.

The electoral college is a relic of the past, and does not represent the reality of the 21st century.

Wol62 · 51-55, M

@Northwest I agree with you. I thought he was talking nonsense but felt that it needed to get debated.