Andrew Cuomo says "America was never that great" Do you agree?

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It is true that the United States of America has committed sins in the past, and, perhaps commits sins today, and, will commit sins in the future. I, for one, dispute the liberal historiography that says that our history is a moral march upward. People today are not any more enlightened than they were in the 1700s. It is only that we live in a different cultural environment made possible by materially easier circumstances.

However, the United States of America is what we have. It is the political entity that defends and makes possible your rights and mine. It is the political entity that defends, and made possible, the election that made Andrew Cuomo the Governor of New York, and allows him to call himself by that title. It is the entity that made possible his political career. And his political career is the only reason why his opinion is any more important than any poster on this message board. Without the United States of America, the names of politicians like Andrew Cuomo mean nothing to me, and nor do the Democratic or Republican parties. Nor does any stranger on the street. Therefore, politicians should not denounce the United States of America per se but embrace its virtues where these exist and work to correct its flaws.