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In article <1991Jul22.163526.7466@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> yow@riddler.jsc.nasa.gov (Billy Yow 283-4051) writes:

   >  be "more like us," i.e. to emphasize the values which were responsible
   >  for American success in the 40s and 50s, including (especially) the
   >  kind of social and professional mobility which worked for us then.


Billy Yow> How can we be more like America in the 40s and 50s.  After WWII
Billy Yow> most of the world was in ruins.  America had no competition and
Billy Yow> the conditions that made America successful in the 40s and 50s
Billy Yow> cannot be duplicated.  

Well, there are two alternatives:

1) You could force duplication of the world situation.  After Desert Storm,
   there's little doubt that we could manage that.  ;>

2) You could realize that he wasn't talking about global situations, but
   instead about internal, social conditions.  Specifically, a high
   degree of "social and professional mobility," as well as a well-defined
   sense of propriety and ethical behavior.

   While some aspects of that "ethic set" are arguably or demonstrably
   wrong, it is also the case that there are portions of it which were
   correct, or at least moreso than the "ethic set" the seems to prevail
   today.
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Austin G. Hastings		"Save The Whales!" -- Collect the entire set!
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