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I think it's a little of both.
The social base - "freedom, justice, and the American Way" LOL! - has to stay pretty homogeneous or we're no longer a country. (That's not to say there's can't be gradual change!) Everyone has to believe in and accept the same basic principles of freedom and law because that's our foundation in the West.
Who gets to decide what those norms are? I think you're well-intentioned but I believe you're wrong here. An adult has a right to believe whatever he wants politically and any attempt to force others to think the way you do is misplaced.