Amen. I , also, was appalled that more consumption was touted as a way to prove America's strength. A hate the 'with us or against us' attitude. Too many people take the attitude that having the biggest economy and strongest military mean that no other country has things America should learn and adopt.
As a foreign example of the same kind of arrongance: I was talking to Japanese school principal who had recently been overseas to observe foreign education systems. I asked him what ideas he saw that he would like to implement in Japan. He said, "Nothing." I was appalled. Even tho I consider the Japanese education system inferior (but not lousy), I still can name several things from the Japanese sytem that could be beneficially implemented outside Japan.
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As a foreign example of the same kind of arrongance: I was talking to Japanese school principal who had recently been overseas to observe foreign education systems. I asked him what ideas he saw that he would like to implement in Japan. He said, "Nothing." I was appalled. Even tho I consider the Japanese education system inferior (but not lousy), I still can name several things from the Japanese sytem that could be beneficially implemented outside Japan.