Each of us has certain matters from the past which fascinate
us as Americans throughout most of our lives.
A great many Americans are fascinated by England, its history,
its legal system, its monarchy (past and present), its aristocracy,
the accents which Britons speak, its heroes (from Richard the
Lionhearted to Winston Churchill), or the grit that the British
population displayed during the first years of World War II.
Some Americans are fascinated by France and its capital Paris,
by French fashions, food, art and the language itself.
Another group of Americans is fascinated by Italy, its food,
its art, its cars and its films.
Other Americans are fascinated by domestic family dynasties,
especially (and curiously) the dysfunctional Kennedy family,
or by movie stars and other celebrities.
Still other Americans are fascinated by imported ideologies
from Europe, including Marxism, social welfarism, climate
changism, and post-modernism.
While some Americans are drawn to foreign ideologies and the
products of other countries, not many Americans want to
change our form of government.
Most persons in the rest of the world are fascinated by the
United States, its inherent history of freedom, its spirit of
innovation and technology, its popular music, its movies
and its past economic success.
The U.S. is still the most imitated nation on earth.
It might be fascinating to ponder that as we mark soon our
239th birthday.
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Copyright (c) 2015 by Barry Casselman. All rights reserved.
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