Engels on US

[Charles Brown <cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

*       From: Sabri Oncu

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"...from good historical reasons, the Americans are
worlds behind in all theoretical things, and while
they did not bring over any medieval institutions from
Europe they did bring over masses of medieval
traditions, religion, English common (feudal) law,
superstition, spiritualism, in short every kind of
imbecility which was not directly harmful to business
and which is now very serviceable for making the
masses stupid. And if there are people at hand there
whose minds are theoretically clear, who can tell them
the consequences of their own mistakes beforehand and
make it clear to them that every movement which does
not keep the destruction of the wage system in view
the whole time as its final aim is bound to go astray
and fail--then many a piece of nonsense may be avoided
and the process considerably shortened."

London, November 29, 1886
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1886/letters/86_11_29.htm
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CB: Engels also said that when American workers move they move with "seven
league boots" ( i.e. take giant steps) . We are still waiting :>)