Thank you for the great reply, Paul. I particularly like your emphasis on the Constitution as a key text/foundational American discourse. Using our Constitution as a tool, we can identify a number of political values - separation of church and state, checks and balances on political power, political accountability, limitations on the pow…
Thank you for the great reply, Paul. I particularly like your emphasis on the Constitution as a key text/foundational American discourse. Using our Constitution as a tool, we can identify a number of political values - separation of church and state, checks and balances on political power, political accountability, limitations on the power of the state, and a strong emphasis on traditional liberal human rights, including equality of citizens (clearly still a work in progress!), and respect for human dignity. If we add in the Declaration of Independence as a key text/foundational discourse, we can identify these recurring themes there as well.
Heather Cox Richardson quoted Joe Biden in her November 2 newsletter, Biden emphasising key values of decency, dignity, liberty, opportunity, justice, and above all, democracy and respect for the democratic process. Again, all traditional 'liberal' (in the longview historical meaning of the term) values. In the historical understanding of liberalism as a political philosophy, there is clearly no conflict with traditional 'conservative' values...I'd say these values are where our political spectrum Venn diagrams have overlapped in the past, and do indeed form the political foundation of our national narratives and American narrative identity. Thank you for helping me think more and better on the concept of American values.
You're quite welcome Maggie. I'm happy that you found the comments thought-provoking.
Our common national values are as you noted, "not in conflict with opposing political belief systems." They are also the key, if narrated properly, to our national resilience against adversarial influence.
Thank you. Today's favorite quote: "Our common national values....are the key, if properly narrated, to our national resilience against adversarial influence."
Thank you, kindly Maggie, and yes, this quote regarding resilience is a concept, that we at Narrative Strategies are trying to get across to US and Allied national security communities. Without a sustained and properly formed, campaign of narration, it will be nearly impossible to obtain a resilient citizenry.
Thank you for the great reply, Paul. I particularly like your emphasis on the Constitution as a key text/foundational American discourse. Using our Constitution as a tool, we can identify a number of political values - separation of church and state, checks and balances on political power, political accountability, limitations on the power of the state, and a strong emphasis on traditional liberal human rights, including equality of citizens (clearly still a work in progress!), and respect for human dignity. If we add in the Declaration of Independence as a key text/foundational discourse, we can identify these recurring themes there as well.
Heather Cox Richardson quoted Joe Biden in her November 2 newsletter, Biden emphasising key values of decency, dignity, liberty, opportunity, justice, and above all, democracy and respect for the democratic process. Again, all traditional 'liberal' (in the longview historical meaning of the term) values. In the historical understanding of liberalism as a political philosophy, there is clearly no conflict with traditional 'conservative' values...I'd say these values are where our political spectrum Venn diagrams have overlapped in the past, and do indeed form the political foundation of our national narratives and American narrative identity. Thank you for helping me think more and better on the concept of American values.
You're quite welcome Maggie. I'm happy that you found the comments thought-provoking.
Our common national values are as you noted, "not in conflict with opposing political belief systems." They are also the key, if narrated properly, to our national resilience against adversarial influence.
Cheers and I will keep at the questions.
Paul
Thank you. Today's favorite quote: "Our common national values....are the key, if properly narrated, to our national resilience against adversarial influence."
Thank you, kindly Maggie, and yes, this quote regarding resilience is a concept, that we at Narrative Strategies are trying to get across to US and Allied national security communities. Without a sustained and properly formed, campaign of narration, it will be nearly impossible to obtain a resilient citizenry.
Kindest regards,
Paul