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Yet, it's weird how the U.S. is doing pretty well overall. Maybe it's luck? Or maybe something to do with the prescience of several men who laid out a framewo
by claytongulick 4y ago
Yet, it's weird how the U.S. is doing pretty well overall.
Maybe it's luck?
Or maybe something to do with the prescience of several men who laid out a framework for federalism and distributed power with clear checks and balances, ensuring resilience and the longest running constitutional democracy in the world [1], understanding that reasonable people can disagree and that the most effective form of governance is a non-centralized distributed system that serves the needs of state citizens first.
Or it could be all the corn. [2]
[1] https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/aug/08/jon-huntsman/oldest-surviving-one-document-text/ https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2011/aug/08/jon-huntsm...
[2] https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090316/6-countries-produce-most-corn.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090316...