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Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 9:25 PM
Subject: Re: American Attitudes (was Re: Hard working?)
In a message dated 5/24/01 10:51:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Gautam sez:
The
relationship between the United States and any other country in the
world is asymmetric. We matter more to them than they do to us.
Bob sez:
Kind of like parents and kids. There is an asymmetry here as well. Parents
are by nature (and natural selection) much more worried about their children
than kids are about their parents. This is true in all of nature and this
sort of asymmetry has profound effects on the interactions between the two.
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Sounds like one of those "the child is the father to the man" kind of
things.
xponent
rob
