>>149273135Zangwil wasn't even the first to use the term, he just got praised by Teddy for his presentation.
The idea that the people would be reforged into one body politic through their common experience in the Americas is one that suggests itself through people's living experience, in any case.
>>149273656Back when the cartoon was made, the USA had still barely escaped becoming a proper german-speaking nation, my friend. They stuck with the minority's island Yiddish in spite of the ethnic reality.