Re : Re: Quo Vadis, America?
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Originally Posted by strike for the south
You have nightmares about America?
I do, in fact. Of the kind in which the country which is the champion of the west becomes fatally anti-scientific; creationist; under the spell of religious extremists; militaristic; gun-toting; led by lobbyists and special interest groups; and where women need to have abortions in dark alleys.
In short, irreversibly estranged from mainstream western Europe. It would be the end of any sense of a common western civilization and would mean a definitive breakup of transatlantic ties. Just at a time when large parts of the globe are catching up and are about to become serious contenders for the west.
Re: Re : Re: Quo Vadis, America?
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Originally Posted by Louis IV the Fat
I do, in fact. Of the kind in which the country which is the champion of the west becomes fatally anti-scientific; creationist; under the spell of religious extremists; militaristic; gun-toting; led by lobbyists and special interest groups; and where women need to have abortions in dark alleys.
In short, irreversibly estranged from mainstream western Europe. It would be the end of any sense of a common western civilization and would mean a definitive breakup of transatlantic ties. Just at a time when large parts of the globe are catching up and are about to become serious contenders for the west.
I have an answer for that