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   From: ddfr@daviddfriedman.nopsam.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Anton  wrote:   
      
   > James A. Donald kirjoitti:   
   > > Eugene Holman:   
   > >> rubles have been around long before socialism, and the   
   > >> ruble today is a strong and fully convertible currency   
   > >> that has nothing whatsoever to do with socialism.   
   >   
   > > "Ruble" symbolizes pretend money, unconvertible into   
   > > goods, much as "Finland" symbolizes submission to a   
   > > hostile power, and "Peso" symbolizes inflation.  I don't   
   > > think that pesos are suffering unusual inflation today,   
   > > but people still use "peso" in that sense.   
   >   
   > If I was to say aloud what "american" symbolizes to the rest of the   
   > world in regard to their perceived level of knowledge of the world   
   > outside US you'd all be very insulted and have me killfiled for good.   
      
   You are mistaken. Any American active in discussions like this is likely   
   to have a reasonable idea of European anti-American views, some of them   
   justified, some not. I would hope that Europeans active in such   
   discussions would have a similar idea of how their beliefs about America   
   look to Americans, but perhaps not.   
      
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