America Is Superior | Change My Mind

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    That's why WE think we're great, because we can be diplomatic, be influential and blow people up. Sounds fascinating on an outside look but internally, as far as our homeland, culture, way of life, technology, society and principles go, what stands out about us? We have freedom of speech, religion, expression and all that but so do so many other countries. We have due process in the law and the right to a fair trial, well so do a bunch of other places. We have great natural landscapes, well so do other places.
     
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    I've explained it to you, what we have allowed us to become and maintain our status as a superpower, if you don't get it, not my problem...
     
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    Status alone doesn't make you great.
     
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    No doubt, it was what it took to gain and maintain that status that made us great. We started as a fractured union, within 100 years fell upon ourselves in civil war, and within 100 years of that became the most powerful nation the world has ever seen. We earned the status, its not like it was just given to us...
     
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    It of course, IMO, still is superior to many nations, even in the west. But much less superior than it once was, when hundreds of millions of average americans were represented in DC. For decades this has not been the case at all, as evidence by Princeton and Northwestern in a study that MSM mostly ignored and never investigated it themselves, given its tremendous relevance. Relevant because what was evidenced was that this Republic is in operation no longer a genuine Republic, given that hundreds of millions of us are not represented in DC by the very people we send there to do that. Only special interests, big banking, MNCs and those elites that own them get representation, their self interests, while the average american has been tossed to the side and ignored, forgotten. This played a major role in electing Trump, BTW, which was referenced by Franks in his book and his talks on You Tube, called Listen Liberal!. Of course the modern democrat has to ignore this liberal democrat because they know he speaks the common sense truth based upon facts.

    If we will remain superior is not a given, IMO. The trend we have seen in recent decades seems to be enough change to question this. When economic globalism, the newest scheme of the elites inevitably creates an america that has a small middle class, a tiny very rich upper class with the rest of the nation either jobless poor, or working poor, that superiority will be long gone. It takes more to create and sustain a superior civilization than just the world's strongest military. Especially when that military has to rely upon foreigners seeking citizenship by military service due to not enough american citizens volunteering to defend and protect this nation of ours. A very bad sign, IMO. And a smell of rot that will not sustain a superior nation as we once were, but are losing.
     
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    No status is just given out but it takes far more than just a status name to be a great nation. A strong military and good diplomacy skills is cool and all but it's ultimately meaningless if the society and politics of said nation are terrible or just plain unimpressive or if crime is high or the air is highly polluted.
     
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    Sweden makes Mach 2 fighters!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_JAS_39_Gripen#Specifications_(JAS_39C/D_Gripen)
     
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    In other words you FAILED to grasp the analogy!

    ONLY 35% are ENTIRELY self made!

    ALL of the rest where provided with some kind of boost from their parents.
     
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    Try saying that to this guy's face!

     
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    Lol. So anybody that was raised with a roof over their head is self made?

    In order to be self made, you must live in poverty on the streets with no food?

    Of course peoples parents take care of them as children. So if peoples parents gave then the basic necessities, they are no longer self made?

    The problem here is, you are entitled and envious. Go back to your video games, I'm sure that will get you ahead..... but at least you can keep bitching.
     
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    http://www.instantdegrees.com/
    $200.00 for a private degree that takes 24 hours.


    White people AND Black people in America are all Racist ******** to each other.


    You're phobic, insecure, frauds.
     
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    :roflol:

    Puerile strawman duly noted and ignored for derogatory reasons.

    So you are FORCED to REDEFINE the meaning of "self made" because the FACTS exposed your utterly vacuous postulations

    http://www.dictionary.com/browse/self-made

    Let us all know how you get on trying to convince the rest of the world that they must adopt your personal bizarre version of the term.
     
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    We are superior in somethings.... Not in healthcare, education, public transportation, maternity leave, vacation days... Who is Crowder? Has he ever been outside the US?
     
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    Define un-aided?

    So from birth, nobody is allowed to have parents, otherwise from your arguement they are aided?

    Ok. Keep loving in absolutes so your arguments can make sense.
     
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    Except of course that the people in their countries are happier, have longer life spans and in the case of several countries higher GDP per capita.
     
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    But they live at the North Pole (almost) and eat jellied fish.
     
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    Thank God, the French helped.
     
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    So people's going to ignore this about America?
     
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    Must work since they are demonstrably better off than American citizens.
     
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    But at what cost?
     
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    At the obvious cost that citizens of those countries are happier on average than Americans. I would guess that a joyful, happy life is the overriding goal of most people in most if not every country.
     
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    Hes a canadian who fled the healthcare in canada.

    In some of his videos lefties mention canadian healthcare. He sets them straight.
     
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    We are the only industrialized nation in the world that does not have healthcare for ALL of IT"S CITIZENS!!!And our worlds most expensive healthcare is a long way from bei ng the best in the world.Our maternity mortality rates are higher than third world countries.
     
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    Thank you for proving my points that all you have are facile strawmen and vapid attempts to redefine the language to suit greed agenda of the Wall Street Casino Bosses.
     
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