Could help explain a few trends in American history

[David Morris]

Wow! You pack a lot of provocation into a short post.

Neo-Nazi sexism? Atheistic selfish libertarian anarchy?

Bring it Om!

David Morris

On Sunday, February 8, 2015, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:

> Don't have to be a Nazi to be an uptight German. I used to live in WI,
> enmeshed with all those brilliant crazy saxons. A Berliner acquaintance, of
> mine, of a certain income class, won't go out with German women, "Because
> they're crazy." He's chasing Hispanic women in Texas, these days, I hear.
>
> I mean, I'm no anti-saxon or anything. Hell, I can claim a fair share of
> saxon blood mixed in with the celt. I just think there is a remarkable
> similarity in the drive for wealth just because
> if-I-get-it-then-you-don't-and-I-win between the US, England, and Germany.
> It's the whole somewhat twisted every man-for-himself slant on anarchy--no
> miracles allowed. And I think it's a socially-driven competitiveness within
> and among warrior societies.
>
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Know any Germans? Like, today? In real life?
>>
>> How many of them would you call Nazis?
>>
>> MT
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Aw, c'mon. That's not nice.
>>>
>>> MT
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','igrlivingston at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/02/daily-chart-3
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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