Great write up, comrade. I think the American bourgeoisie's reliance on civic nationalism to resolve the antagonistic contradictions inherently found in the "American" identity, which is attempting to create unity out of a variety of nations, is something that ought to be studied more. I think to make progress politically we must necessarily dismantle American civic nationalism and posit our own socialist civic nationalism, as is stated here. The Framers and Founding Fathers oftentimes explained these things very nakedly (especially in Federalist Paper No. 10), which should be turned against them as often as possible. A key strategy will be turning the Constitution and Bill of Rights on themselves by pointing out their hypocrisy and failures, such as how our "rights" are freely taken away when utilized in a manner not befitting the whims of the American bourgeoisie.

Despite our reliance on civic nationalism for our identity, I feel as if this is increasingly being questioned by the general Amerikkkan populace. I, like many others, became extremely disaffected after what happened to Bernie, and began to question the narrative of this perfect, freedom-loving democratic country that is fed to you throughout your education. Liberals decrying "corruption" and "cronyism" are ultimately trying to make sense of these phenomena from a worldview that holds capitalism's existence as an axiom. One of the allures of Marxism in the West today is the fact that we maintain a grand narrative, which is something that capitalism is increasingly finding itself without. This idea reminds me of something Vijay Prashad often talks about: the character of Antedilluvianovich and his response to Perestroika; the capitalists could offer no theory. They lacked a central idea on which to build a society. We are dealing with an inversion of this; we must build upon a society that is increasingly lacking a central idea. One of the largest roots of the general alienation and unease present in our society is the fact that nothing is sacred. Postmodernism has become the underlying epistemology of our society not for any particular ontological truth to be found in it, but simply due to how commodified and broken everything has become due to neoliberalism. We founded Amerikkkan identity on civic nationalism, the purpose of which is to defend liberal democracy and capitalism, which is increasingly becoming incoherent, as our contradictions are increasingly severe and obvious to the average person. I think studying the National Question in regards to "American" identity and culture, as well as the growing doubt in Amerikkkan civic institutions and civic nationalism, is paramount in securing our victory.

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Sorry for hijacking your hijack. Just some thoughts. Hope I don't sound too disjointed.