It is a world that will become increasingly indifferent to local variation. Marshall Blonsky, writing of the Disneyland outside of Paris, notes the absence of Babar. These countries are far from us and we are far from them. They are less in advance, less influencing than New York and Hollywood. It is the world of what Blonsky calls International Man.
International man thrives in Washington.
Bonn or London sharing with colleagues who are nominally Japanese, German or British their common heritage in the land of the perpetually mobile. It is their dual citizenship in America and in the Great Global Glob that characterizes the most powerful among us, now more than ever including even our own political leaders. And he knows that he, as a corporate executive or licensed professional, will pass quickly through Mexican customs in his somewhat Italian suit and shoes with a hint of a New England beach because the agreement he helped to draft and pass has declared him entitled to such consideration. Clinton affected to be from Arkansas but he returned there seldom during his administration, not surprising since he had, in fact, no home there. Far from a mere matter of personal style, the Clintons' lack of place has been deeply reflected in their politics.