¡Ask a Mexican! - democracy in america

Your sentiment is just another manifestation of American exceptionalism, a syndrome Alexis de Tocqueville noted in his 1840 classic, Democracy in America, which argues this country is unique from every other nation and therefore can do whatever the fuck it wants--violate international treaties, invade sovereign countries, ignore the FIFA World Cup. In the case of reverence for one's roots, it boils down thusly: gabachos long-removed from Ellis Island can love their ancestors without shame because they're the descendants of immigrants, and immigrants made this nation great: Mexican's can't because they are immigrants, and immigrants are turning America into the Third World. (40)