Hi y'all - I agree with Taylor (once in a while.) Using the benefit of hindsight, I spent 40 years in Europe and one common theme was - the braindrain. "All the smart ones are leaving for the US." "The rats are deserting a sinking ship." At the time I had some sympathy with this argument, after all, I came here. Nevertheless, as Taylor points out, Europe is doing very well thank you, and I think we'll follow suit.
On Oct 24, 2:09 pm, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <<In the future, the United States will probably have the role of > being > a cultural mecca or international nexus where people go to study and > think about the world>> > > I think that level of pessimism is unwarranted; it assumes the present > trend continues, which it probably will not. An Obama election may be > the signal of a turnaround. > > Remember that Britain's dominance of the world declined after WWI and > II, but it experienced a renaissance starting in the Thatcher years. > It has the power appropriate for a nation of its size. > > In fact, most of countries of Europe experienced a peak where they > were the preeminent power on the continent. Today, while none of them > is dominant, they all enjoy a high standard of living and are in no > way a third-world country. > > Think "regression towards the mean". --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
