Charlie Rose

REMant  05/19/2010 02:09 PM Report

Ben Franklin, himself something of an enthusiast, first made this kind of projection, (if I recall correctly, if not it was widely discussed more than 200 yrs ago,) but I am not sure it made any difference to anyone, except perhaps to convince Americans to support the revolution, and the British to accept the idea that capturing America's trade was more important than capturing its territory. Hopefully, population increase will slow. While I, myself, would like to see the resurrection of the Midwest, I suspect the only way that will happen given his perspective, is if, say, Columbus becomes an exurb of Washington or New York. Ditto the notion of a middle-class revival. And I've already remarked many times about immigration. So I felt this full of Whig prejudices. If millennialism is the solution, rather than the problem, I'm in the wrong business.