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"Understanding Europe from the Europeans
WE were listening to a group of European journalists who were in Seattle to learn about American society and politics, when it occurred...
We were listening to a group of European journalists who were in Seattle to learn about American society and politics, when it occurred to us that from their point of view, our politics is not about very much.
The United States has a partial continental economic union, NAFTA. Europe is building a partial continental political union. Economics is about money and making a living. Politics touches the national soul, and is not a matter dissectable only by reason."
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