10.09.2004
Why America leans right
George Will writes a review on the "The Right Nation," by British authors, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge of the Economist . I posted a Robert B. Reich take on this and another tome here. Reich's review seemed like another tired, liberal attempt to foment class envy and warfare. Will calls 'The Right Nation' "the best political book in years."
Sounds right as rain to me.
George Will writes a review on the "The Right Nation," by British authors, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge of the Economist . I posted a Robert B. Reich take on this and another tome here. Reich's review seemed like another tired, liberal attempt to foment class envy and warfare. Will calls 'The Right Nation' "the best political book in years."
Europe, post-religious and statist, is puzzled -- and alarmed -- by a nation where grace is said at half the family dinner tables. But religiosity, say Micklethwait and Wooldridge, "predisposes Americans to see the world in terms of individual virtue rather than in terms of the vast social forces that so preoccupy Europeans." And: "The percentage of Americans who believe that success is determined by forces outside their control has fallen from 41 percent in 1988 to 32 percent today; by contrast, the percentage of Germans who believe it has risen from 59 percent in 1991 to 68 percent today." In America, conservatives much more than liberals reject the presumption of individual vulnerability and incompetence that gives rise to liberal statism.
Sounds right as rain to me.
// posted by HunterByrd @ 6:51 AM 
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HunterByrd,
Thanks for your notes on this book. I plan to find a copy to read. Have you read it yourself yet?
Erin Samuelsen
Thanks for your notes on this book. I plan to find a copy to read. Have you read it yourself yet?
Erin Samuelsen
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: 8:36 AM
: 8:36 AM
Erin, no I have not. But since we have talked about the book, and it has elicited comment, I feel I must, like you.
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