tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post111523066471425561..comments2024-03-24T11:30:08.199-07:00Comments on Can you believe?: More on "mourning mother Russia" - don't mourn too quickly!Johan Maurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-1115909140685702712005-05-12T07:45:00.000-07:002005-05-12T07:45:00.000-07:00Thank you! I don't know that I'd want to compare R...Thank you! I don't know that I'd want to compare Russia's demographic disasters with USA statistics. (Parenthetically, many Americans don't acknowledge the powerful renewing effect of immigration, whereas Russia seems unable to figure out how to renew itself through immigration, despite possibilities of doing so.) <BR/><BR/>However, concerning Brooks's comments on the collapse of private and public morality in Russia, you're right - he would have done well to consider whether our standards have truly flourished under unbridled capitalism. It seems as if conservative commentators (not necessarily Brooks) often love to talk about moral decline in the USA <EM>except</EM> when their point is to claim our superiority over someone else.Johan Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.com