The U.S. Needs to Open Up to the World:
To this European, America is trapped
in a fortress of arrogance and ignorance
By Brian Eno
Jan. 12, 2003

"How can a country that hasproduced so much cultural and economic wealth act so dumb?

Europeans have always looked at America with a mixture of fascination and puzzlement, and now, increasingly, disbelief. How is it that a country that prides itself on its economic success could have so many very poor people? How is it that a country so insistent on the rule of law should seek to exempt itself from international agreements? And how is it that the world's beacon of democracy can have elections dominated by wealthy special interest groups? . . .

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