Free Thinking : The nation
From the UK, philosopher Jonathan R¨¦e
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A Tale of Two Revolutions
The other day when I was reading in the fabulous ¡®special collections¡¯ library here in Williamstown, Massachusetts, I overheard the chief librarian ¨C a very distinguished and knowledgeable man¨C welcoming someone to the building. (¡®How are you? Good to see you again. Please come along in¡¡¯) I imagined from the way he was talking that the visitor must be the College president or some big-shot professor, but not at all: it was the electrician come to change some light bulbs.
That¡¯s one of the things I like about the US: the almost complete lack of snobbiness. I know that there are obscene inequalities and massive social injustices. But on the whole people can expect to be treated with respect, and nearly everyone manages to be polite without being obsequious or deferential. And that strikes me as an important cultural and political achievement, with roots in America¡¯s past.
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