> > On a related note - Mark Crispin Miller argues that
> vindicitveness and
> > arrogance are what made Bush so popular. Seems like
> meanness of the
> > heart is the differentia specifica of Homo Americanus.
> >
> > Wojtek
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> Yeah, Hitler, Mao and Lenin never exhibited those traits.......
>
You missed my point. Neither of the three received popularity ratings reaching 80%. Bush did. The point is, therefore, that Americans, especially males, tend to be more nasty, vindictive and mean-spirited or at least tend to value these qualities more than people in other countries (at least those I visited).
Wojtek