Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Who's innovative?
Earlier Polistra noted that the Vatican, supposedly slooooooooooooooooooow-moving, has moved with remarkable speed and precision to solve the problem of a suddenly retired pope; while the US, supposedly a fast and adaptive "democracy", has been completely paralyzed for many years.
Now the Pope problem has been solved, indeed quickly and smoothly, and the inversion gets more intense.
The Vatican, supposedly mired in 2000 years of unchangeable tradition, has chosen a completely unexpected Pope. None of the prognosticators had seen this Argentinian in their crystal balls. His selection doesn't break any rules but it does break lots of traditions. (I was sort of hoping for an African, but this guy fills the same slot. He represents a seriously religious part of the world, and he understands the poor.)
Meanwhile the US, supposedly innovative, can't think of any new solutions. We can only argue ferociously and raucously between two "party" alternatives: (1) Roar down Suicide Boulevard at 180.0000 MPH, or (2) Roar down Suicide Boulevard at 180.0001 MPH.
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