TheRealMafoo on 16 July 2009
| MontanaHatchet said: 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. |
No, what made us great was small government that didn’t run out lives. We were called the “land of the free”, not the “land of cool shit you can’t get anywhere else”.
We have become Europe, and the more we get like Europe, the more we... well... sadly, get like Europe.
Commerce exploded in the US, because people had far more motivation to put forth the extra efforts knowing there was reward for it. Now, we are less rewarded, so less motivated.
This country was “the great experiment”, and it worked so well, that we decided to become like everyone else. Stupid thing to do if you ask me.
