Reply #187: Probably more accurate to call it nationalism. [View All]

[Orsino]

Our own failing economy has us grasping for explanation, and blaming whole countries is becoming more common.

I've had different, but related feelings, myself. I support domestic and international Internet customers, and have gotten a little depressed when an English-speaking customer tells me, "let me put my tech on the phone," and that tech speaks English as a third language. Not xenophobic, mind you--just taken aback at how common this ocurrence is.

As much as I love diversity, it's a bit frightening to see us becoming a land of do-nothings who must pay furriners to do our thinking.