Thomas Sowell, muy apropiado para el 4 de Julio, sobre un problema que noto también en Canadá. Mucha gente tiene una muy marcada tendencia a dar por sentado el nivel de vida del que disfrutan en países como este y suelen atribuirlo a la suerte, las coincidencias, las teorías conspirativas o las ecuaciones de suma cero.
En definitiva, no tienen la menor idea de lo que dicen:
Too many Americans take the United States for granted and are too easily impressed by what people in other countries say and do.
That is especially true of the intelligentsia, and dangerously true of those Supreme Court justices who cite foreign laws when making decisions about American law.
There is nothing automatic about the way of life achieved in this country. It is very unusual among the nations of the world today and rarer than four-leaf clovers in the long view of history.
It didn’t just happen. People made it happen — and they and those who came after them paid a price in blood and treasure to create and preserve this nation that we now take for granted.
More important, this country’s survival is not automatic. What we do will determine that.
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