NobleTeam360 said:
Soundwave said:
lol, the 50s and 60s when there were segragated drinking fountains and school children had to practice drills for nuclear fallout and luxury meant having one 20 inch color TV instead of three smartphones, two game consoles, microwave, home PC, tablet, high speed wifi, Netflix, etc. etc.?
People have it pretty damn good today. And it's debatable if the USA ever was the "best country in the world", Canada and UK were fine in the 50s and 60s too, Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall is a very nice place too. There are plenty of nice countries to live in with nice modern amenities and similar liberalized values.
If you don't like it you can go try living in Saudi Arabia or Syria for a year and see how long you can hold out.
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Well I didn't mean like a consumer standpoint, I meant like being number 1 in Science, Math, Health, etc.... I'd be surprised if we're even in the top 20 of any of those categories anymore 
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Was the US ever tops in those categories? If they were it was probably by default because other countries hadn't developed then (like China and India are today). But by the 60s/70s Japan was kicking the US' ass in things like math and taking over automobile production, electronics production, etc. etc.
But y'know if the US wants to be higher in things like Science and Math ... maybe try funding schools more? Like I dunno? Just an idea.
