(4) The commitment to this ideology is to be American. This means that being American is not a matter of birth, but of feeling or ideological commitment, as someone who rejects American values is considered un-American. [4] Nevertheless, it is true that few of those who were born in the U.S. are questioning the basic principles of this ideology; we can say that they are so deep-rooted in society that these principles basically are seen as the universally desirable. [5]