Allistair Cooke: 'Decadence vs. Vitality' (2 min youtube)

[Cowlesy]

For 1973, it sounds pretty right to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RmmhUejouY

[luctor-et-emergo]

Dead accurate I'd say.

Interesting, since he points out at the very beginning that it's near impossible for historians to accurately view the present...
He did a pretty good job.

Good find!

[Cowlesy]

Dead accurate I'd say.

Interesting, since he points out at the very beginning that it's near impossible for historians to accurately view the present...
He did a pretty good job.

Good find!

Glad you enjoyed it. I think he's right about historians. Unfortunately, much of history (and the history buffs here can attest to this, I bet) is open to the historian's interpretation.

Frankly, we are probably living through history right now. "The Great Credit Explosion of the 20th and 21st Century"