Biggest problem

[Al Khalifah]

These US and their if you can't beat 'em, nuke 'em foreign policy.

[Templar Knight]

Either poverty or Religious Fundamentalism

[Al Khalifah]

USA likes the following:

War - to get their own way.
Terrorism - US paid for and established the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Nationalism - fierce flag waving and devotion to 'the American Dream'
Imperialism - setting up client states around the world with ruthless dictators allowed to remain in power in exchange for oil and other natural resources.
Capitalism - 5% of the population own 95% of the wealth in America.
Globalization - American corporations exploit foreign workers to provide cheap goods to American citizens.
Totalitarianism - if we suspect you of plotting terrorist activities, then we will detain you. If someone accuses you of such things, we will mercilessly investigate your private life.
Religious Fundamentalism - in the US Presidential Election, numerous states had as Republican slogans the phrase "God wants you to vote Bush" and similar. Also opposes many issues including abortion on purely religious grounds.
Global Warming - 4% of the world's population is causing 25% of global warming. Refuses to submit to Kyoto.
Pollution - same again. Is causing irreversible damage to the world's sea water and air.
Hunger - many in middle America are poor due to insufficient social welfare systems and are forced to eat low quality foods. Also responsible for using food sanctions against third world nations that don't affect the leaders, only the innocent populations.
Poverty - many in middle America are poor due to insufficient social welfare systems. Maintains numerous oppressive regimes throughout the world that allow the leaders to live in American oil money funded luxury while the population live in abject poverty.
Diseases - biochem companies make such outrageous proffit margins that basic pharmacy products and equipment are unaffordable for poorer nations.
Extinction of Species - many species run to extinction by extensive deforestation, water pollution and game hunting.
Overpopulation - global warming is increasing the number of inhospitable areas of the Earth forcing mass build-ups of population in already over-crowded areas. America is sparsely populated, yet a strict immigration regime will not allow many genuine immigrants entry.
Shortage of Resources - overuse of fossil fuels by America will leave the world without sustainable oil supplies in 30 years. Refusal to seriously look into alternative fuel systems will leave the world without reliable energy supplies.
Violation of Human Rights - the Patriot Act and the abuses of Guantanamo Bay are blatant violations of the Human Right's Act.
Others

Oh but America isn't too of them:
Communism - having built a society born to hate Communism and all its ideals through the 70s and 80s.
China - by virtue of being America.

[KukriKhan]

Point of Order: 'USA' is not one of the 20 poll choices, unless you picked 'other' - which has not yet been selected by anyone. Therefore, although you obviously spent much time constructing your assertion ( ), it is a rant, not a vote.

Such content more correctly belongs in a separate thread. I recommend it be ignored in this thread. If a flame war ensues, the usual actions will be taken.

[Redleg]

Point of Order: 'USA' is not one of the 20 poll choices, unless you picked 'other' - which has not yet been selected by anyone. Therefore, although you obviously spent much time constructing your assertion ( ), it is a rant, not a vote.

Such content more correctly belongs in a separate thread. I recommend it be ignored in this thread. If a flame war ensues, the usual actions will be taken.

And it would be such an easy rant to show how the individual who made the post is so incorrect - but you are correct KukriKhan its best ignored because the most likely intent of the post was to generate a flame war.

[Lazul]

Voted Fundamentalism. In my eyes, its Fundamentalism that fuel wars and are used by the once in controll.

We have seen what happens when Christian Fundies and Islamic Fundies clashes.

[Quietus]

The biggest problem is Religion. People will keep saying they are right with zero basis, citing materials that have zero basis. Result? No unity, because there's no search for a single truth. Truth that is offered by science.

Example: Muslims enraged by purported flushing of the Koran. Yet, you do not see the same riots and outrage when peoples' heads are being beheaded on camera.

Division on religion.

If you take out religion from the equation, people will be more reasonable. Because they cannot, ever invoke "God" which is not proven in the first and not supported by any scientific reasoning.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

I'd have to say Communism, with China and other (the UN) close behind

[sharrukin]

Globalization and the clash of concepts, morality and cultures. Mutually incompatible value systems will lead to conflict and managing such change will be difficult if we cannot even agree on who should do the managing. China's emergence into the world markets, the Islamic-Western cultural and religious issues, dumping foodstuff in Africa, language issues, and the EU are all signs of this.

That's my vote anyway.

[Don Corleone]

These guys:


and their if you can't beat 'em, nuke 'em foreign policy.

Aaah very helpful. That's right, Americans are the root cause of all evil in the world. We dream of ways to make your lives more miserable. As long as you delude yourself into believing that, and blame us for all your problems, your problems will remain because they will remain unsolved.

And for the intelligent folks int the crowd.... like I've said, I've been out of touch for a while, wandering around China. Did anybody else happen to notice that Bush said in a speech that Israel must tear down all settlements? The Chinese press picked up on it as proof of a forming division between Washington and Tel Aviv. They actually hailed it as real progress on Bush's part. But I'm sure there's going to be plenty of you out there *cough* Al Khalifah *cough* that are going to say this is just another fiendish plot by the evil Americans.