America is standing still while The rest of the world moves ahead, the US used to be all about innovation now it's copying the rest of the world, the biggest and the best once came from the US but not any more, the US has the biggest of the bad things and the smallest of the good things, bad list US at the top, good list US at the bottom.
Very good, thank you! Unless, of course, you are reaching for the stars. But that wouldn't be fair to do in a welfare state, would it? Never mind.
Pardon my use of metaphors. You do indeed have it good, even more desirable. What I was eluding to is a sad reality of human social activity: We tend to follow. For many decades now, the world has followed the American revolution into their own revolutions and cut out for themselves the parts that work for their own piece of the world puzzle. Even the East now follows the West. It's true. BUT, in such a follow-the-leader precession...there can be only one head.
Have you actually ever been to Europe? Or anywhere outside of the US?Their social structure is roughly about a 100 years behind us, with a few little technical things mixed in which makes it seem otherwise. They live in little apartments, work in cubicles, use public everything, and wait in lines, not for simple pleasures heaven forbid, but only for the serious things in life. Life moves at a slower pace.
That is not to say there is not something good in all that...because there is, and we could learn a lot from them. But the comparison is not apples and apples, by far. Again, I would suggest gleaming the best of both, throwing out a lot of American waste, and slowing the pace down to something more sane. But, there is a down side to their way too, and traveling there (even regularly) is not an accurate gauge. And of course they talk up their way, just like a majority of us talk up our way. But there is a reason ALL other countries follow the American commerce model, come to our schools, and relocate for jobs, etc. ...because it ain't all that over there. The grass ain't really greener.
But the real answer about those countries, and to best answer your question...is because they are only doing part of what it takes to exist in the world. They look good, because they have selected just the things that are most appealing, while the complete village is made up of other less attractive and productive countries, that would have to be combined with them to make a fair comparison with the US. They are mere bedroom communities by comparison. There are some big pieces missing. Meanwhile, they think we all live in Hollywood (or Texas).
Yes, that is what happens when one puts their head where the sun don't shine. The trend is to be different to the point of not being what we once were.
Indeed. I HAVE been. But my point was not to criticize, but to compare apples to apples, and to remind people of there good and rightful place in the world. We Americans have lost our way, but we have no business being France or whomever. Instead of trying to be what makes everyone else great, we would do well to remember what makes US great. We WERE the most envied, why would we want to be someone else? And this I say, not out of arrogance, but because the world once attested to it.
I agree.....and I'm a registered Republican. Fox news is filled with hatred.
The false reading, is just that, false. It's not the gauge of things, but the cause. With that data, we act.
I didn't. I am a citizen of the world, eyes wide open. History shows the pattern, if you can follow it. America has lost its compass, so the good of other countries is appealing and attractive, in spite of the pattern. It is the looking back that now creates the backlash. Where the head turns, so turns the body. But if the head is faint, the body catches itself...hopefully. You order another round of drinks, we pass out from drunkenness. But the body is not better than the head. Savvy?
We started out like that, and THAT is why were were envied, and why people wanted to get here! Lately, the idea that morality is bad, and that honor is wrong has turned us, and we are becoming what many critics dislike about us. The best of people wish us to return to what made us great.
Who is trying to pattern after European countries? When was this?
