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Success in a free-market system depends on good things like intelligence
and motivation and not icky things like nobility and class. That’s why
America is better than Britain. But if Americans are so damn smart, then
why can’t they make good cheese? Simple, because they don’t have to.
When the Europeans stop making cheese, then you’ll soon see just how
serious Americans can get about cheese making. We can do it. I know we
can. We did it with pretzels. 1
Other ongoing questions: “Do Americans really have worse taste than
Europeans?” Well, if you’re talking about car steering wheels, then yes.
And I don’t know who has better fashion sense, but it sure can’t be the
Japanese. 2 Not unless you’re into clothes that are more neon than your
child’s lunch box. And I’m not saying I’m not. But the cheese question
continues to ferment. Why is mass-produced cheese so popular over here?
Does it sell in Europe or do they all eat Roquefort and Gorgonzola for
lunch every day? Well, actually they do. But I did see a commercial on
Italian television for Philadelphia cream cheese. At first I thought less of
them for it, but then I totally changed my mind.
1 An obvious reference to the lesser known Nietzschean line, “They did it with
pretzels.”
2 Notwithstanding the fact that a recent USA Today poll found Tokyo edging out
New York as the world’s capital of street fashion. Apparently, black is not an
actual fashion.
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