Hi friends, trust you had a good break. I was away with family and will have a post on my brown-skinned immigrant ancestors, and how they became Americans.
For now, check out this extraordinary Hitchens piece on anti-Americanism and polling.
I’ve come to realize that “polls” — like government itself — are too often a lefty misinformation tool. A sweeping generalization of course, and perhaps I am late to this realization. (And, usual disclaimer, Republicans are not without sin here either.)
After the dead-wrong pre-election Kerry polling, this came into fine focus for me. It’s given me an even stronger appreciation for free markets. As I’ve mentioned before, when people vote with their feet and their money, the vote “America” (think immigration), or at least the American way (economic liberalization). Only in the abstract does anti-Americanism mean anything.
If you ever wonder why elites fear free markets so much, here’s why: their academic view of the world falls to pieces, as does the privilege that goes with it.
My confidence in surveys, etc. peaked with the game show "Family Feud." It was all downhill from there.
Posted by: Jeremiah | 07 July 2006 at 02:06 AM