What is this country, this entity, this thing we call the United States of America?Is it a beacon of light for the rest of the world, a land of opportunity and liberty? Is it truly a place where the wrecked refuse from endless realms come to breathe free? Related Donald Trump is a narcissistic sociopath. So what does that say about us? Why can nothing seem to bring him down? Is it a reality or is it a dream unfulfilled? Dive deeper every day Join our newsletter for thought-provoking commentary that goes beyond the surface of LGBTQ+ issues Subscribe to our Newsletter today Or is it a cruel myth, a false idol to lust after as panting greyhounds chase the elusive counterfeit rabbit around a fateful track?Is this thing we call the United States of America invincible? Is it a never-ending experiment? Or does it have a defined shelf life, a do-not-use-after date?Is it special or unique? Is it exceptional, as so many claim? But whatever this thing we call the United States of America has been, and whatever it is now, We the People of this nation must together decide what we want to be going forward.In fact, we must first ask ourselves whether we want to go forward at all or if we we wish to languish in the mire of our unresolved and (for many) unexamined past.Socrates told us, The unexamined life is not worth living. I say the unexamined nation has no future. The ghosts and undercurrents of the past will sweep that nation away, preventing it from creating or even imagining any further history.Throughout the lifespan of this relatively young country, many fault lines have surfaced; others are yet to be exposed. How we decide where to go from here will determine whether we can survive the next major earthquake.Subscribe to theLGBTQ Nation newsletterand be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide.