While almost all of human history was marked by bloodshed, the United States developed as what some take to be "a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal".[note] But no one has ever believed that the United States was beyond criticism, except the blindest breed of pseudo-patriot. In fact, the United States improves best through constructive criticism (rather than through violence). Unlike some people who have unflagging confidence in the system even as they deny the overwhelming evidence that it's crumbling, those of us who are aware that our rights are abused on a daily basis have no such confidence. Where do we go for help? To church leaders who have sold themselves into a state-controlled system reminiscent of the Soviet Union's neutered orthodoxy? To church-goers who have abandoned basic Biblical principles because they are satisfied to seek succor in the pap of hirelings? To politicians who care little about anything other than their own self-aggrandizement? To courts that compulsively strain gnats and swallow camels? Where? To whom? —— If the nation does not move forward through constructive criticism, then it will move back to the same brute depravity that marks the bulk of human history.
The phrase was said by Paul Revere. It means "ring the bell once and hang 1 lantern if the British came by land, and ring the bell twice and hang 2 lanterns if the British came by sea".
Trump had several foreign policy initiatives that resonated with his base:
Renegotiating trade deals was perhaps his most important foreign policy platform. Trump ran a campaign against NAFTA, because of the adverse effects it had on American manufacturing and employment.
Being tougher on China was also an important Trump proposal. Trump accused China of currency manipulation and unfair trade practices like intellectual property theft. This resonated a lot with Trump's base.
Ending involvement in Syria was a third important Trump proposal. Trump, during the campaign, was against American intervention in the Syrian Civil War, and repeatedly said that American should work with Russia to end the war, instead of being Russia's adversary.
The population of the Philadelphia Municipal Area is 1.580 million as of 2017. As of 2018, the metropolitan area of Philadelphia has a population of 6.096 million residents.
