I mean, if you look at the American attitudes toward Japanese during World War II -- look at the depictions of Japanese in the American media as just about subhuman, and look at the fact that we dropped atomic bombs, really without giving it much of a thought -- and you compare that to the attitude now, I think part of that is due to a kind of economic interdependence.
Considerati atitudinea americanilor fata de japonezi in al doilea razboi mondial, uitati-va la descrierile japonezilor in presa americana, ca fiind aproape suboameni, si la faptul ca am aruncat bomba atomica, fara sa gandim prea mult. Comparati acea atitudine cu cea de acum. Cred ca in parte se datoreaza interdependentei economice.