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Manifest Destiny
(19th Century)
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Liberal Internationalism
(20th-21st Century)
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Christianity is a universal value system
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Capitalism and Democracy are universal value systems
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The U.S. is special because it is the perfect Christian nation
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The U.S. is special because it is the perfect capitalist economy
and democratic polity
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The U.S. has a special mission to Christianize North America
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The U.S. has a special mission to make the world capitalist and
democratic
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The Jews
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The Americans
(Religious version of Manifest Destiny)
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The Americans (Racial version of Manifest
Destiny)
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The Americans (Liberal version of
Manifest Destiny)
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A Special People
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Chosen by God
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Chosen by God
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The white race is biologically superior (especially Anglo-Saxons)
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The American People
(chosen by history)
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A Special Hardship
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Slavery in Egypt
the Exodus
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Settling and Developing North America
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Settling and Developing North America
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Developing the first democracy and truly free market
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A Special Land
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The Promised Land of Canaan
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The Promised Land of the North America
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North America as a chance for purification of the white race
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The first real democracy and truly free market
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A Special Contract
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Covenant with God
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Covenant with God
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To separate the races + put the white man on top
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The social contract of democracy + the economic contract of the
free market
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A Special Mission
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To Remain God's People
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To Christianize North America
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To advance the white race + to develop the ideal racial hierarchy
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To bring the benefits of democracy and free markets to the world
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In the 18th and 19th centuries, the religious and racial versions of
Manifest Destiny are most important, although the liberal version is present.
In the 20th and 21st centuries, the liberal version becomes most important,
although the religious and racial versions are present.