“On this July 4 — the 250th anniversary of the start of this country — many people, including the current occupant of the Oval Office, believe that celebrating America means waving the flag or standing for the national anthem or shouting, ‘America First.’ That’s not what real patriotism is.” It means paying taxes proportional to your wealth… It means paying your workers a living wage so they can thrive… It means fully reckoning with how racial oppression and white supremacy have shaped this nation, not whitewashing our history and ignoring racism’s continuing legacy.”
“Real patriotism means protecting American democracy and our form of government,
not trying to overturn an election that was upheld by 60 federal courts and the Supreme Court, or lying about election fraud when it barely exists. Real patriotism means not flooding our politics with big money, so the voices of the people can be heard… And it means putting the interests of our country over partisanship.”
Read the full article by Robert Reich here.