On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> A short version of this argument can be summed up as follows: US
> capitalists can engage in reckless and and outrageous pursuits because
> they feel safer than their European counterparts. And they feel safer
> because the plurality (if not the majority) of the US population sucks
> up to business big time, and grunts fight amongst themselves over
> bones thrown to them by their business masters instead of challenging
> the system.
>
^^^^^ CB; Here's suggestion for your explanation. Europe had more social democracy than the US in part because the Russian Revolution was closer geographically and culturally to Europe than the US.