Who are We?

Wretchard's post The Golden BB vs the Chrystal Bullet he says in the comments "we need to regain strategic rationality:
1. recover confidence in our culture;
2. regain energy independence and economic viability;
3. understand that the world is at war with a hostile ideology supported by rogue states." 


and later


"What are we fighting for? Who are we? Who are our enemies? That is what nobody wants to talk about and yet that is what we must decide above all. The West hates itself and is consequently undecided even about whether it is worthwhile to preserve itself."

Indeed. Who are we? Does we even exist any longer?


I can barely relate to the cultures I encounter on a daily basis. Snobs, whores, punks, foreigners, queers, drug addicts, sociopaths, loons, trash; the list goes on and on. And almost all of them believe that they are the center of the universe. No one else matters at all. Worse there's liberals, conservatives, libertarians sprinkled amosngst the mostly know-nothings who don't even pay attention.

Who are we?

At my work, the Russian and Chinese owners certainly are not we. The H1B1 visa holding PhDs are not we. The snobbish executive team is not we. The largely uneducated, liberal, black hourly workforce doesn't feel like any we that I can relate to. The mostly educated, conservative white technical workforce feels kinda like we, mostly. But it's hit and miss. Even within a small company there is little sense of we.

It's the same wherever I look. Drastically different people with vastly different worldviews. More differences than similarities. It's impossible to define enough things that can be agreed upon to even form a homogeneous culture.

Who are we?

I don't think there is a we in this country