Jensen Cox
America: 'Home of Freedom' or 'Empire of Evil'? A country that invents myths and values, or one that is in internal conflict and decline? How can the 'actual distance' between San Francisco and Miami be calculated? Why is it impossible to communicate with a New York cab driver in English? How can you account for the terrible string of shootings while still explaining Florida’s internal migration from California and the start-up record, low youth unemployment, and inexpensive start-up costs? Today more than ever, it might be difficult to understand America because of the preconceptions that have been created by literature, film, fashion, the arts, music, and television during the past century. Also contributing to this is the resurgence of an ingrained and visceral anti-Americanism that affects many Italians. You have to have deep roots in this nation - pay your taxes, send your kids to school, use your health care, having served as a juror in a trial, having bought a house and created a company - to overcome the barrier of clichés. The surprises are as many as the Americas, plural, and all their ethnic communities.An insightful portrayal of the United States that outlines both major and little issues in the country is signed by Jensen Cox, an expat who has lived in the country for approximately 25 years. He identifies the causes and factors behind each grotesque difference from Europe, from politics to the economics, from culture to society, from daily life to the creation of the national DNA. Because you can only comprehend America by living it and going above the surface, the author executes a slalom between contrasts, a cleaning operation from assumptions, and gives us a trip guide in the literal sense. Maybe to try and predict where it will go.
