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I'm a foreigner. In the wake of the economic meltdown last fall, there were protests from Iceland to Bulgaria, with mobs all demanding the same thing of their rulers: Why didn’t you, the government, do more for me? This (the U.S.) is the only country in the developed world where hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets to tell the state: I can do just fine if you’d only get the hell out of my life – or at least confine yourself to constitutional responsibilities.That ethos, however, is sadly eroded...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Expectations
From Mark Steyn:
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Was your observation as an onlooker at the scene. If so what was your sense of the dissatisfaction?
Unfortunately, I've not been able to get to any of the rallies in person. Have had to be content with reading first-person accounts. My sense is there is a serious undercurrent of (justifiable) discontent. The question is whether that will be coopted or channeled into effective reform.
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