To gain perspective on just how differently people are living on this planet,
(Parts of Malaysia and Indonesia have been intentionally left out—without them, the red regions still contain more than 50.2% of the world’s population.)
The U.S. is on the verge of a demographic, economic and social revival, built on its historic strengths. The U.S. has always been good at disruptive change. It’s always excelled at decentralized community-building. It’s always had that moral materialism that creates meaning-rich products. Surely a country with this much going for it is not going to wait around passively and let a rotten political culture drag it down.
via Op-Ed Columnist – Relax, We’ll Be Fine – NYTimes.com. Continue reading “Relax, We’ll Be Fine”