This post might be more about my expectations than any real shifting of national symbology. That being said, I cringe a bit when I see an inked up dude driving a mini van. These are two things that should exist in opposite spaces. The ink is representative of an oft dark counter-culture born in the shadow of three American wars. The Minivan is a symbol of modern parenthood and meant to be separate from anything ganger-esque.
Yet here they are together. I am left to wonder what this confluence can teach us about the American Soup.