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Is America really the greatest country in the world anymore?

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tell me a nation greater than america than then you can dispute the slogan...
america is the most prosperous and powerful nation to have ever existed, a cultural/media powerhouse and a technological titan. it makes all other single nations look like ants compared to a human being, hyperbolically speaking.

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VV Cephei A

It has progressively moved away from liberty as the left have gained ever more political power and influence, particularly over the last century. Now, it is scarcely different to most other Western nations where government has absurdly excessive control over everything from the market and industry to the individual choices and freedoms of citizens.

The two party system is generally broken, and this election has emphasised that like no other. Neither Republicans nor Democrats are the solution for fixing America.

If Gary Johnsons sudden rise in popularity is a sign of things to come, it might just be the beginnings of something good for the US. Smaller government, less regulations, less corporatism, less wars, less interference in peoples personal lives; the kind of principles the country was founded upon. One can hope.

Reply 102

oldercon1953

Original post by bolly_mad

Using land and resources that didn't belong to them. Anyway, putting that to one side, what did it do for them? They're over $19 TRILLION in debt and have over 46 MILLION citizens living in poverty in the supposedly richest nation on earth.

46 million in poverty by who's definition? By the same freaks definition who doubled our debt since taking office. People in Haiti are poor. If you apply a little historical context to it, the " poor " in America are living fat. The overwhelming majority own a car, have a roof over their head, more than enough food, and enough disposable income left to indulge in whatever it is that takes their mind off their poverty they've been convinced they suffer from.