Michael van der Galiën
2007-09-09 14:04:06
M5: good points. All of them. I agree to a large degree. Note that I wasn’t giving my own opinion about America in the article (which seems to be forgotten by certain people). In fact, I also realize that anti-Americanism has a long history in Europe – it’s almost a tradition by and in itself.
The prejudices have always existed, but only every now and then are they as strong as they’re now.
As an American Studies student I find that to be quite interesting, by the way. One gets the impression that especially the French simply refuse to accept that they’re no longer a superpower.
