A city on a hill cannot be hidden

I’m a fan of the idea that it is the assumptions that Americans made that resulted in a Trump, and the surfacing of someone like a Trump is probably a good thing. Anand Giridharadas discusses this in this video.

https://www.facebook.com/INETeconomics/videos/2378972682174786/

Trump is not an outlier, but a continuation of the American self-image. Where reality is the opposite of the American self-image, he says.

‘shining hill on the city’ etc.

This is also why I find it difficult to see America, not as an enlightened scientific culture (there is room for that too), but a deficient continuation of the Christian project.

“You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”