Posted on 11/02/2019 3:40:22 PM PDT by VRW Conspirator
“Exactly. My Czech friend is a small businessman and staunchly conservative.”
My Hungarian friend lived in lower Illinois. He loved the countryside but hated what Chicago was doing to the rest of the state. I lost track of him when I retired but I expect he has left Illinois by now.
Nothing like growing up under socialist rule to make one a conservative believer.
“I once met Sergei Tolstoy, great-grandson of Leo. He was a very debonair, cultured man. When I was introduced to him - (my young self suitably impressed) - he smiled at me and said, “I didn’t write the books”.”
I would have been impressed too.
Sadly later generations forget what came before them.
Reminds me of a quote attributed to Genghis Khan, “my grandchildren will eat from plates of silver, drink from cups of gold and never wonder once where they came from.”
Sorry Sergei lost his money. Too many slow horses, fast women and fine wine has that effect. ;)
I once knew a Vietnamese woman. She had been fathered by an American soldier near the end of the war. When the US pulled out she and her mom got left behind because her parents hadn’t been married. Her mom ended up marrying a Vietnamese man and they ended up making to the states in the early 90’s.
They had some horrific stories to tell about their treatment just because she was half American. Death may have been preferable to a woman.
One thing they hated was democrats. They remembered who hung the south out to dry.
“It’s not useful to view other people merely as ‘nationals’ and project our politics onto them. Everyone on Earth is an *individual*, and individuals are always sort of contrary, inside - often open to change.”
Each person is the sum total of their experiences and education in the School of Life. Contrary to the machinations of governments and social planners people will forever be individuals.
I love talking to people from other countries and cultures just to hear about their lives and what brought them here.
Folks are interesting.
I’m glad for you.
Most would say I’m crazy. Oh well. There’s a reason I stopped telling the story.
It’s a good idea to not tell those stories.
We are all living on different ‘levels’.
Sometimes it’s lonely; but wisdom is a compensation.
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