[hershey]

I agree with most of Kagan's thesis, but we part ways over the meaning of 'paradise'. Americans have no desire to live in a European style country/govt. Quite rightly, we'd see more taxes and a loss in individual freedom....as Hillary put it -- 'For the common good'.

[cwb]

"I agree with most of Kagan's thesis, but we part ways over the meaning of 'paradise'. Americans have no desire to live in a European style country/govt."

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Kagan never says Americans would want to live in a European style paradise...nor does he endorse it as such. He is only pointing out how Europeans view their own lives...living in a dreamworld.