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StillWaters  ·  2465 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How fear of falling explains love of Trump

Well, frontier means the end of settled land. Yes, being a pioneer exploring the new land to the west in North America was different, but then that happened long ago in the US, and by a small proportion of the population.

My grandfather was among them, and he loved telling tales from that time. Just as he loved telling tales of his experiences of challenges in the wilderness in Scandinavia. The tales didn't seem qualitatively different.