Why. . . do the myths of America the Hateful take such powerful hold? Because anti-Americanism provides a … - Michael Gove

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You've got to love yourself with all your short comings, and you've got to love the world no matter how bad it gets.

Michael Gove

Why. . . do the myths of America the Hateful take such powerful hold? Because anti-Americanism provides a useful emotional function which goes beyond logic and reaches deep into the darker recesses of the European soul. In centuries past those on the Left who wished to personalise their hatred of capitalism, who sought to make it emotionally resonant by fastening an envious political passion on to a blameless scapegoat people, embraced anti-Semitism. It was the socialism of fools. Which is what anti-Americanism is now.

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