> just look back at the discovery of North America and foundation of the greatest, vastest, richest, and most powerful nation the world has ever seen. As an Am

> just look back at the discovery of North America and foundation of the greatest, vastest, richest, and most powerful nation the world has ever seen. As an American, I find this sentence somewhat embarrassing. > There would’ve been no Cold War, no Hollywood, and no tea bags. And nothing of value would be lost. It bothers me how he thinks that education funding would have to suffer for science. Why not just defense?