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In article <021b01c0a34e$b8d642c0$543829cf@flw>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
>>> Europeans view Bush as a thief who has brought shame on America
>>>
>>> By Linda Stout Deak
>>>
>>> WASSENAAR, The Netherlands, Feb. 27, 2000.
>
>
>Ha Ha. Please tell me this is indeed a satirical post.
>
>However this is unfair humor. Such pompous, sanctimoniousness from the land
>of Stalin
>and Hitler (Bosnia / Kosovo) is too easy a target.
>
>It seems when the Europeans are not killing each other by the millions, or
>colonizing (aka
>"ripping off") the rest of the world, they spend their time wallowing in their
>delusional self
>perception of superiorty.
>
>No wonder they love Clinton. The mystery is why they would not
>like Bush.
>flw
As British and a European I certainly did not think that the ladies
post was satirical.. She certainly put a certain European perspective
into focus. Some Americans may think that such views are superior but
such a view is somewhat nieve. The lady also seemed to be a supporter of
Clinton and she does seem to picking up on that the consensus view of
Clinton in Europe as more favourable than that attributed to Bush.
Wilde's quip that Americans went from Barbarity to Decadence without the
intervening step of Civilisation is perhaps becoming more and more apt.
For me the real point of what was being said was about the spiritual
malaise that is afflicting Western civilisation, perhaps most noticeable
in America but certainly also affecting the other Western 'democracies'.
Indeed with the advent of globalisation and rampant capitalism the
concept of 'democracy' is really a sham. The political system that sits
best with the economic system of capitalism is fascism and that really
is what the big political question is all about.. We have fascism
masquerading as 'democracy'. People have less and less say in what they
do. The illusion that it is somehow otherwise is wearing very thin.
As Orwell points out, the 'Inner Party' always rules, it is just that
they are perhaps becoming a bit sloppy or over-confident.
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