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Just when I’ve been feeling glum about the (apparently abbreviated) future of our civilization, along comes VDH to buck me up.
In the last 60 years, we have been warned in succession that new paradigms in racially pure Germany, the Soviet workers’ paradise, Japan Inc., and now 24/7 China all were about to displace the United States. None did. All have had relative moments of amazing success — but in the end none proved as resilient, flexible, and adaptable as America.
As Churchill said, “Americans eventually do the right thing after trying everything else.”
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