Why on earth should it be an either/or choice at any rate? However, I
think if you were familiar with social indicators for say, Brazil or El
Salvador as compared to anywhere in Eastern Europe you might at least
have the good sense to present a more nuanced view.
Brad De Long wrote:
> >>I would point out that all of us--no matter what our
> >>nationality--should get down on our knees and thank God daily that
> >>over the twentieth century the decisive shaper of world culture was
> >>not one of the... alternative "mighty states": Russian officials,
> >>Japanese honor-bound authorities, German... ahem.
> >
> >Millions of Indochinese and Latin Americans might view American
> >hegemony with a bit less cheer than you do.
> >Doug
>
> And how would they view the hegemony of the mid-twentieth century Germans?
