MontanaHatchet on 16 July 2009
The U.S. became great because we had shit you couldn't find anywhere else. Tobacco, cotton, indigo, corn, all sorts of stuff. We mooched off of Britain for a century straight, much like China is doing to us now. However, the economy is now worldwide, and we lost that exotic edge. And another part of our economy was the labor side, but we keep outsourcing most of our workers.
For the U.S. to become great again, we must discover the next big thing. And I don't think we're smart enough to do that anymore.
