America The Overrated

My ‘birth’ as an expat bred the ‘death’ of my patriotism

Photo by Luke Stackpoole on Unsplash

You know that feeling when you suddenly and shockingly realize that the principle or tenet you’ve always believed to be true is, in fact, an altogether opposite or incorrect assumption or belief? That this “experience” or idealism is so ingrained in who you are that it feels like cold water has been thrown at your face on a hot…