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| 8003586 | "Because of the "city upon a hill" sound bite, " " is one of the formative documents outlining the idea of America. But dig deep into its communitarian ethos and it reads more like an America that might have been, an America fervently devoted to the quaint goals of working together and getting along. Of course, this America does exist. It's called Canada." | america communitarianism john-winthrop city-on-the-hill canada | Sarah Vowell | |
| 15dfb7d | And all they see is a mash-up of naked prisoners and an American girl in fatigues standing there giving a thumbs-up. As I write this, the United States of America is still a city on a hill; and it's still shining--because we never turn off the lights in our torture prisons. That's how we carry out the sleep deprivation. | abu-ghraib city-on-the-hill | Sarah Vowell |