I know. We definitely aren't a nation founded on outright treason and insurrection, and thumbing our nose at authority and doing the moral thing isn't in our DNA in any way, shape, or form.
There can be moral reasons for treason. The founding fathers certainly considered themselves moral and principled.
Your frustration is misguided. Simply do not confuse illegality with immorality. Human beings generally want to feel like they're doing more good than bad.
As for "the DNA of a nation," we would probably spend a few hours figuring out the definition of what that even is just for starters.
From the outside, unironically calling any group of politicians "fathers" feels so weird. I know it's a super common turn of phrase, and that's kinda what gets me.
> Human beings generally want to feel like they're doing more good than bad
We're experts at convincing ourself that what is beneficial to us is also "good", whatever this actually means.
We can either rage against the era we were born into, or we can accept what we can change and what we cannot. One path leads to less frustration than the other. Be careful that you don't find yourself enjoying irritation.
That US was a "real bad guy", or that nuking cities was an evil and unnecessary thing? The latter, while not universally held, is a fairly common take, and has been that way for a few decades now.
