Re: The World of 2185

[jfoster@xxxxxxxxxx (Jim 'Jiji' Foster)]

>A great example of this can be seen right here in the US every day.
>Since it seems we have always had a large number of immigrants (my floks
>were back in the fifties). Especially nowadays, immigrants send a lot of
>their income back toteh old country and help support families there.

It goes beyond that; there's often a residual feeling that the 'old
country' was better in many ways. This hold true today in the US, even
after 200 years of independance. Consider in advertising, when a product is
looking to seem elegant, refined, or otherwise 'better', advertisers often
attempt to portray it as somehow 'European'. Cars, food, and wine are cases
in point.

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