I don’t see what Maggie [1] is so surprised about. Europe is the continent that brought you papal infallibility, the divine right of kings, nationalism, fascism, communism, and so on and so on. Europe’s faith in big solutions by big institutions claiming unlimited power is nothing new. [link adeed]
Stephen Green, Vodka Pundit [2].
On this Thanksgiving Day, be thankful for living in the New World rather than the Old.