[lbo-talk] Why Richard Hofstadter Is Still Worth Reading but Notfor the Reasons the Critics Have in Mind

[Michael Pugliese]

Hooligans and the Neighbors' Cow; [Editorial]
New York Times. (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Jul 29, 1991.


>..." Soviet citizens tell Westerners a profound joke: "What is the
meaning of envy? Well, in America, it's what a man feels when his
neighbor gets a larger car than he has. To the Frenchman, it is what
he feels when his neighbor gets a prettier mistress. In the Soviet
Union, it's wishing your neighbor's cow would die."