The Proposition Nation has been at the forefront of much public debate, especially between the Dissident Right and the Neoconservatives. The latter believe America to be an idea or a “creedal nation.” But the Dissident Right believes America to be a unique people and place. JD Vance made waves going hard against the notion that reduces America to an idea.
The Democrat Party takes a firm position in favor of the Proposition Nation, placing it in the first sentence of their 2024 platform.
America is an idea—one that has endured and evolved through war and depression, prevailed over fascism and communism, and radiated hope to far distant corners of the earth. Americans believe that diversity is our greatest strength. That protest is among the highest forms of patriotism. That our fates and fortunes are bound to rise and fall together. That even when we fall short of our highest ideals, we never stop trying to build a more perfect union.
As an American, I can assure you that I don’t believe that diversity is our greatest strength. But Kamala Harris and her open borders Biden Administration have done their part in reducing the nation of America demographically and culturally.
Above all, Democrats still believe in the American idea—its principles, its purpose, and its promise. We know that four more years of the crass, craven, corrupt leadership we have seen from Donald Trump and the Republican Party will damage our character and our country beyond repair. We pray, as Langston Hughes did, “O, let America be America again—the land that never has been yet—and yet must be—the land where every man is free.” Democrats call on all Americans to come together and seize this last, best chance to restore the soul of our nation—and vote this November to ensure our greatest days are still to come.
The fact that the Democrats put this in the first sentence of their party platform should be a key indicator that reducing nations to mere ideas is unnatural. The Democrats are saying if you want a nation for Americans, this is not for you.
