Bill D: February 16, 12:00: "It all made sense in 1780, when we were just a group of semi-isolated colonies, and when we decided to organize as a **country**, those colonies became *states* and were soon divided about things like slavery. Then, as we gradually moved West..(paying little attention to the rights of the indigenous people)... new states-still days or weeks of travel from Washington D.C., wanted to make their state in their own mold."

I agree with the premise, Bill, but it seems to me that your assertion really makes sense only if we were the FIRST generation, the generation that did the violent colonizing.

To me, it does not explain why after 10 or so generations we, as a society, are still embracing it.