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...the most successful country in the history of the world. Looking from outside, it's obvious that America is the most economically successful country, and ha
by drpixie 4y ago
...the most successful country in the history of the world.
Looking from outside, it's obvious that America is the most economically successful country, and has had some marvellous successes in science, but it also seems to be a country determined to tear itself apart over almost anything - race, gender, reproduction, hierarchy, "freedom", guns, ...
It's actually rather sad - what could be a Great country is just a big country becoming lesser :(
- rayiner 4y agoLooking at the outside from where? Because the level of conflict in America isn’t unusual for such a heterogenous country. Forget race or immigration. Even the “white” people in America are from very distinct and rather incompatible cultures and religions. My family is from Bangladesh, but I grew up near DC, while my wife’s family settled the Oregon coast on wagon trains. There’s significant cultural conflict between my side of the family and her’s, but at least half of it is east coast American versus west coast American rather than “American” versus “Bangladeshi.” It’s folly trying to use the American federal government to impose uniformity on a country of 330 million people. Imagine what would happen in Europe if Paris tried to impose its values and culture on Poland. It’s not fundamentally any different from what’s happening in the US with New York City trying to do the same thing to Iowa or Georgia.