"America is different. American charts its own, unique path. America insists on being measured only against itself. It is the world's most advanced country yet has remained astonishly conservative. It is the top producer of pornography, yet pious to the point of bigotry. It builds mini-nukes to defend itself from dictators while granting almost restricted access to firearms to its citizens. It engineers the world's best computers but interprets the Bible literally. It produces Nobel Prize winners by the score but considers Darwin's findings blaphemous. It's the world's freest nation, yet it tolerates numerous taboos. It indulges it a socially unhinged form of capitalism that, unlike int he progressive countries of Europe, does not undermind the Protestant work ethic dirving its success."
Der Spiegel, June 2006
Der Spiegel, June 2006
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