Thursday, September 4, 2008

Progress or regress

What is a sign of a nation headed toward a greater destiny?

One of the thinkers I admire wrote recently about the difference in attitudes in the 60s or 70s.

When the English factory worker sees the boss drive out in his Rolls Royce, he says, “I’d like to put a bomb under that car.” But when the American worker sees the boss drive out in his Cadillac, he says, “I’m going to own a car like that some day.”

I trust we haven't lost out on the positive attitude - the hallmark of the American Dream and the state of the 'optimism economies' of India and China.

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