Thursday, June 3, 2010

The Europe Syndrome and the Challenge to American Exceptionalism

By Charles Murray. Wasn't he the author of The Bell Curve? No, I never assumed Murray was a racist because of that book, but I'm afraid he's tainted as far as most Americans are concerned. But then, all conservatives are tainted, thanks to all the screaming from the left.

Just some notes as Murray and Prager talk:

What's wrong with the European model? Europe seems to "work", after all.

There is the soullessness of Europe. They take the life out of life. Human beings are a collection of chemicals that is activated for a time and then de-activated. Life does not have any meaning any more.

The question of happiness: their happiness is like the happiness of my two dogs. When they're fed and then petted, they're just full of delight, and they don't want or need any more.

Murray: or like a trip to the beach. I can look back on my life and say "this is why my life was well-lived". Entertainments are not fulfillment or fulfilling satisfactions.

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