0) that is a strong and precise reaction. I do not share it. But then I have never been to North America and maybe lack the connection. I get the same feeling I get with looking at those Japanese images of fox spirits; a positive force/spirit of indefinite power. Treat with respect and try to listen to what it said.

1-3) So such a thing is not uncalled. For what it is worth, I do hope this change turns out well for the US. For all of you. Let it change to reinvent itself. :-) I could easily imagine a possibility for such.
Incidentally, does Yeats idea of calling on the spirits of the land mean the same thing?