On Feb 9, 2007, at 4:47 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> The difference between Europe and US is social structure not ideology.
I have no problem with that, but as the Old Man said, when an ideology grips the mind of the masses it becomes a material force. Competitive individualism is a material force in American life, both because of the institutional reality and the fact that most people can neither see nor imagine any alternative.
Doug