Is the ability to adapt and take on new ideas
Americas Greatest Strength
Is the ability to adapt and take on new ideas
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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I agree, a part of that strength is its ability to actract loads of imergrants from loads of different countries and turn them all into flag waving Americans.
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Well it depends if the'yre good ideas I suppose.
At the end of the day politics is just trash compared to the Gospel.
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America's greatest strength is (was?) free market capitalism.
Our market, comparatively unburdened with regulation and socialist tendencies, pays for the standard of living, the big military, the social programs... everything. Our GDP is the reason we are the most powerful nation on earth.. nothing else. China knows this, we seem to have forgotten about it in a mad dash for entitlements.
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While I agree it is a big part I dont think its the biggest. America does not face the demographic time-bomb that Europe faces nor the Chinese aversion to change nor the debilitating caste system of India. All because of adaptationOriginally Posted by PanzerJaeger
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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I would have to disagree, though I partially agree. America has been one of the more willing to adapt nations, but a lot of Americans are not very willing to adapt and I think the upsurge in Crazy Conservatism is a symptom of that, though it is certainly due to a few other things too. It seems like the country may be getting over that to some degree, but if you ever go to a Palin rally you'll see it certainly hasn't died yet.
EDIT: Grammar
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