tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414658055211487499.post5777474829957148019..comments2024-03-29T00:20:29.429-07:00Comments on John Brown's Notes and Essays: Rich But Divided - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United."John Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11408381085180641019noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5414658055211487499.post-13732618110379118162016-10-27T18:20:20.450-07:002016-10-27T18:20:20.450-07:00I hate to comment on a book before I have read it....I hate to comment on a book before I have read it. But the thesis sounds controversial indeed. I question that immigrants "have no emotional attachment to the host country". Rather, those who became Americans by choice are likely to feel more passionate about it than those to whom it was granted by birth. As for cynical views -- they are a side effect of liberty. No one has put it better than Dovlatov who said, "rays of freedom are equally good for growing roses and marijuana." But if you "promote" a single view -- you arrive at a totalitarian paradigm. Pierre Nicholsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533529352292236459noreply@blogger.com