Joan Didion - Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is diffi...

Joan Didion Zitate

Americans are uneasy with their possessions, guilty about power, all of which is difficult for Europeans to perceive because they are themselves so truly materialistic, so versed in the uses of power.

Joan Didion

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Die Amerikaner sind mit ihren Besitztümern unbehaglich, die sich der Macht schuldig machen, was für die Europäer schwer zu erkennen ist, weil sie selbst so wirklich materialistisch sind und sich mit der Verwendung von Macht auskennen.

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