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Posted: 8/4/2013 5:18:33 PM EDT
Why do you think America is great?
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Why do you think America is WAS great? View Quote Fixed it for you. |
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We have fat people and Walmart. We have the 1# rank in military and last in everything else! Muricah bitches!
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Why do you think America is great? View Quote You still have unlimited opportunity in the US. If you work hard and have the drive to do so, you can become a multi-millionaire (or better). Unfortunately, more and more people in the US feel that they are entitled without working for it.....that will be (and is becoming) our downfall. AFARR |
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Because we are good when we cease to be good we will no longer be great!
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America is the beacon of freedom, little government regulations & inference of free enterprise and innovation... Oh wait, not anymore. Nevermind. |
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According to a dead French Catholic by the name of Alexis de Tocqueville who wrote "Democracy in America" in 1835, America is great because Americans are basically good people. And will cease being great when the average American ceases to be basically a good person.
We have a mighty military because a) we had a mighty economy (rule of law, respect for private property) and b) our military understood itself as a servant not ruler... a servant of the rule of law not men, for the sake of liberty not power. To the degree flag officers and everyone underneath becomes greedy and filled with lusts for power, pleasure, etc. the mighty military will begin to ring hollow and more and more resources will be devoted to basically bribing or threatening people to obey their oaths and do their jobs. And all the police state panopticon will paradoxically result in a less secure America. America used to be invulnerable not because of the NSA but because it was full of Americans. |
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America is great because we chose to be and our government was kept in check because it was ran (for the most part) by honest hard working people.
ETA: I am of the opinion that we are in the middle of the decline where the average person chooses not to be great, and our government is being run by crooked men and women. |
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Why do you think America is great? View Quote “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” |
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In before that stupid YouTube clip of the lib show.
Let me break it down for you... 1) Valuation of innovation - Including social accolades, financial gain, and political praise and support 2) Core values of Christian morality 3) Natural resources in abundance 4) Admiration of sophistication and knowledge You take people who are ruled by an internal compass, you show value to success and innovation, you admire the European culture you came from in terms of their successes and innovations, and you take these people and throw them on a huge, unspoiled continent jam-packed with incredible natural resources. |
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still have firsy and aecond amendment, in most states anyways. still biggest and best milotary. thats about all we have thats above all other countries. we are goibg down the tubes in every other aspect.
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We manage to stay great in spite of ourselves.
Fuck the haters. |
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Because we are a Republic founded on the principles of democracy and liberty. We are not simply a tribe or empire, but a nation founded on a specific set of ideals. We may sometimes fall below those ideals, but as long as we acknowledge those ideals we will have a purpose that other states lack.
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Quoted: http://youtu.be/16K6m3Ua2nw Some of the numbers and facts may not be absolutely 100% correct, but the spirit is. View Quote No. It's horseshit. We have two huge boat anchors when being compared to other modern states: (1) we give everyone a chance at college. A lot of those high-scoring states only have their best and brightest take those tests, the rest are shuffled off to trade schools; and (2) we have a large immigrant population, which until it assimilates will bring down all kinds of social indicators such as mortality rates, teenage pregnancy rates, test scores, etc. We invented the fracking internet. We produced Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. I'm not saying we're necessarily better than everyone, but our economy and society is as dynamic as it gets. You can succeed in this country at least as well as any other modern western state. |
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Because we are a Republic founded on the principles of democracy and liberty. We are not simply a tribe or empire, but a nation founded on a specific set of ideals. We may sometimes fall below those ideals, but as long as we acknowledge those ideals we will have a purpose that other states lack. View Quote To think, saying that here and elsewhere did not used to get one called a libtard. |
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http://youtu.be/16K6m3Ua2nw Some of the numbers and facts may not be absolutely 100% correct, but the spirit is. View Quote Oh, OK, so... which country is better? And, why are you living here? |
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View Quote Fuck yeah! |
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That's a good thing. We're too lazy to do really bad things like put people into gas chambers. All those SS types were really fit bastards - way too much energy. Closest we came was the Japanese internment of WWII. Then we realized that would mean no sushi and said fuck that. |
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A line of ancestors that were the toughest, hardest working and most driven people in the world.
Only the brave made the journey.
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You still have unlimited opportunity in the US. If you work hard and have the drive to do so, you can become a multi-millionaire (or better). Unfortunately, more and more people in the US feel that they are entitled without working for it.....that will be (and is becoming) our downfall. AFARR View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Why do you think America is great? You still have unlimited opportunity in the US. If you work hard and have the drive to do so, you can become a multi-millionaire (or better). Unfortunately, more and more people in the US feel that they are entitled without working for it.....that will be (and is becoming) our downfall. AFARR |
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Don't let aaron sorkenson catch you saying that man. he'll go bananas when he gets of his high horse.
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View Quote Hungry poor people of America? |
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http://youtu.be/16K6m3Ua2nw Some of the numbers and facts may not be absolutely 100% correct, but the spirit is. View Quote So where is better and when are you moving? |
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View Quote Where is it better? |
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