Existentialism and the United States of America

             Over the past thirty years, the world has seen the force of existentialist thought cause many sweeping changes in the social climate of our planet. Citizens of almost every nation reap the rewards and taste the horrors of social changes brought about by the free will based thought professed by philosophers such as Kirkegaard, Sartre, and Foucault. For good or ill, the force of existentialism is no doubt here to stay and will be part of both solutions and problems for the grievous and inevitable tasks waiting for the future generations of humanity. Existentialism is the belief that each person should have the right to forge his or her own destiny, perception, and overall reality in a free society devoid of the hindrances that have plagued the free will of man since ancient times. Nowhere in the world is this ideal system more personified than within the borders of the United States of America.
             While not the most liberal nation in the world with regards to social and foreign policy, the United States has done more than any other nation to promote the ideas of equality and free will on the world stage and on more than one occasion intervened on behalf of existentialism to block the spread of communism, a slightly altered version of utilitarianism based on Marxist thought. With these victories on political, military, and most importantly idealistic fronts; the United States has taken upon itself a grave responsibility. How will this nation of free thinkers and idealists guide a world stricken with tyranny into an uncertain future and most importantly how will this country not fall victim to the end product of the ideal system many of its people have died trying to protect?
             Existentialist thought implies that there should be no boundaries with regards to human thought and no laws preventing these same thoughts from manifesting within the existence of the thinker. This thought forms the basis of one of existentialism's more obvious...

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