Yes, Americans, You’re Special

Just not in the ways your Mommy said

Photo Credit — John Messina / Wikipedia Commons / Kaiser Aluminum Plant Behind Industrial Waste / Baton Rouge, LA

People sure do love their national identities. Many countries base their sense of being special on their food, their music, their charming customs, their unique culture. However, there is no end of trouble that gets started when the people on one side of an arbitrarily-assigned border assert their superiority over the people on the other side. Take…