superchunk on 18 December 2012
I think that moon landing is awesome, but not most badass, after all Russia had already been in space. I'd have to go with US actions in WW2... saving Europe, stealing German scientists, creating Atom Bombs, Dominating wars on two major fronts, using Atom Bomb, becoming the world leader in more areas than I can mention.
Prior to that US was just a major player on the world stage. After that we were THE major player on the world stage. Problem is that form of world leadership has broken the US and created a lot of world policy that is very, very bad for others and will eventually collapse the nation itself... like any "empire".
