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> The US is particularly great at creating more hills. Because the US government has a money printer and an insatiable appetite for debt. The day will come for

> The US is particularly great at creating more hills. Because the US government has a money printer and an insatiable appetite for debt. The day will come for us, our kids, or our grandkids where it catches up to us.

thatnerdyguy 3y ago
I think that the argument goes US debt actually really doesn't matter, so long as Pax Americana is maintained. Being the global empire really helps out... until it doesn't
- saturn8601 3y ago
  The US is running out of challengers. Europe is gone...like gone gone. Ditto Russia. China has a demographic bomb coming but they have a lot of things going for them so maybe they are the next challenger? Maybe India? They have problems but they too have a lot going for them. I guess it is possible that maybe in a generation or two Europe, Russia, China can fix their problems, get a solid working class and challenge the US. But it really feels like the entire planet is sinking right now and the US is the best of the worst. Maybe we need some aliens or something.
rewmie 3y ago
> Because the US government has a money printer (...) I don't think your non-sequitur bears even a passing resemblance to the subject. I think the whole point of the thread you're replying on is mentioning the individualism and personal freedom that's the US's cultural basis, and that has a profound impact on the well-being of those who feel the need to be the best of what they do, regardless if what that might be. A while ago I stumbled upon an Instagram account of a middle-age man who had a bunch of videos of him juggling random stuff in his back yard, and he made it his point to stress that he was the best at what he did and he made a whole career out of it. Such a random thing, and I'm sure there weren't that many competitors for the title of best pillow juggler, but that fit definitely the description of someone making his own hill to be its king.

thatnerdyguy 3y ago

I think that the argument goes US debt actually really doesn't matter, so long as Pax Americana is maintained. Being the global empire really helps out... until it doesn't

saturn8601 3y ago
The US is running out of challengers. Europe is gone...like gone gone. Ditto Russia. China has a demographic bomb coming but they have a lot of things going for them so maybe they are the next challenger? Maybe India? They have problems but they too have a lot going for them. I guess it is possible that maybe in a generation or two Europe, Russia, China can fix their problems, get a solid working class and challenge the US. But it really feels like the entire planet is sinking right now and the US is the best of the worst. Maybe we need some aliens or something.

rewmie 3y ago

> Because the US government has a money printer (...) I don't think your non-sequitur bears even a passing resemblance to the subject. I think the whole point of the thread you're replying on is mentioning the individualism and personal freedom that's the US's cultural basis, and that has a profound impact on the well-being of those who feel the need to be the best of what they do, regardless if what that might be. A while ago I stumbled upon an Instagram account of a middle-age man who had a bunch of videos of him juggling random stuff in his back yard, and he made it his point to stress that he was the best at what he did and he made a whole career out of it. Such a random thing, and I'm sure there weren't that many competitors for the title of best pillow juggler, but that fit definitely the description of someone making his own hill to be its king.