Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger View Post
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.
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 adaptation