[lit-ideas] Re: Hitler/Stalin
- From: "veronica caley" <molleo1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:42:40 -0400
Eric,AKA Bonzo: they are the "top nation," and the
criticism is just as rooted in jealousy as it
is in fact.
We are still the top nation but we are rapidly declining. And I hate it
when I hear someone say that we are the leader of the free world, because my
perception is that there are not so many nations/people following anymore.
Veronica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Yost" <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:06 AM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Hitler/Stalin
Donal: "thick nutters"
Mike: Look, we didn't make those people sick.
Lately I've made friends with people from other countries. Here are
generalizations about Americans based on their remarks.
*Americans are kinder than people from South America, more willing to
help strangers, more generous in principle, and more effective in action.
*Americans are more interested in solving social problems than
Europeans.
*Americans are less materialistic than Russians and have healthier
family lives.
*Americans, all agree, are routinely criticized because (in the words
of _1066 & All That_) they are the "top nation," and the criticism is just
as rooted in jealousy as it is in fact.
My opinion, on the other hand, is that everyone is just who they are, and
it's up to each of us to be that way.
Rejecting both masochism and exceptionalism,
Bonzo
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