Personally I think we are worse now than we were 50 years ago. We are in decline.
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I would be among the 71%. If you look at us now and compare us to the past we have become a lazy, arrogant, and stupid people. And the goverment has done many things that are unconstitutional (ex secret laws). Do you think they would be dissaponted in us, and is so why?
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I would be among the 71%. If you look at us now and compare us to the past we have become a lazy, arrogant, and stupid people. And the goverment has done many things that are unconstitutional (ex secret laws). Do you think they would be dissaponted in us, and is so why?
they didnt gain independence from UK to be another imperialist l think
those fathers seem lovely when they are compared to many presidents
There are fewer starving people in the world today than ever, and most of those are for political reasons rather than agricultural. While I was a child we expected the world to end any second when for some stupid reasons the Ruskies went nuclear, a long distance call cost nearly what my cell phone bill costs now. I see the world and the US getting better. Could be wrong, but at least I am happy. I agree the music was better back then, but then again we have Thursday night football now.
I guess that would depend on which "Founding Fathers" you are referring to. Perhaps Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, authors of the Federalist Papers and prime movers behind the shanghied "Constitutional Convention" would be happy. I'd even add Benjamin Franklin.
However, if you asked Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, James Monroe, Patrick Henry, and a number of others of like mind, probably not.
Idk, Thomas Jefferson wanted the Spanish Empire to fail so the US could "gain it from them piece by piece"
Don't get me wrong, I don't want to be pessimistic but, I am a realist.
How can you look at the world's economy, the 3/4 of this population that live paycheck to paycheck".
That paycheck provides more now for the average human than at any time in the past...
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I would be among the 71%. If you look at us now and compare us to the past we have become a lazy, arrogant, and stupid people. And the goverment has done many things that are unconstitutional (ex secret laws). Do you think they would be dissaponted in us, and is so why?
More what?
The last century as a whole? Sure. The last few decades of it? Not so much.More of everything; quality if life has increase exponentially over the last century.
As an outsider looking in, I have no idea what the 71% can possibly be thinking. The Founding Fathers would find a country that has advanced far beyond anything they may have believed possible while at the same time holding true to the principles upon which the country was built.
More of everything; quality if life has increase exponentially over the last century.
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I would be among the 71%. If you look at us now and compare us to the past we have become a lazy, arrogant, and stupid people. And the goverment has done many things that are unconstitutional (ex secret laws). Do you think they would be dissaponted in us, and is so why?
I think that is where they would be disappointed. The American people have given up many of their liberties since the Founders time.
I think that is where they would be disappointed. The American people have given up many of their liberties since the Founders time.
More of everything; quality if life has increase exponentially over the last century.
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I would be among the 71%. If you look at us now and compare us to the past we have become a lazy, arrogant, and stupid people. And the goverment has done many things that are unconstitutional (ex secret laws). Do you think they would be dissaponted in us, and is so why?
All of them would be disappointed for various reasons, as they were during their own time. Even though most somehow think this, the Founding Fathers were not just magically content with the United States as it was. Disappointment was a common reaction to social and political developments. Such a poll question only illuminates a decent chunk of those around today. This would be similar to "on the right" or "on the wrong" track questions.
As an outsider looking in, I have no idea what the 71% can possibly be thinking. The Founding Fathers would find a country that has advanced far beyond anything they may have believed possible while at the same time holding true to the principles upon which the country was built.
The Founding Fathers may be disappointed in some of the citizens of your great country who don't appreciate the wonder they helped create and the way in which your government has veered off course into areas best left to the people, but all in all I believe they'd be very proud.
In some ways, they may be a little disappointed (depending on which ones we are actually talking about), but in many, many other ways, they would probably be very proud. As someone else pointed out, we took their ideas and not only used them to improve our own country, but also are seen as THE country to base new democracies on, even if just as a foundation. Their ideas, for the most part work, particularly after they went away from a loose conglomerate of states (that behaved as small nations unto themselves) and went to a centralized government that still allowed states self-governance. But we have also made individual rights much more important than any government control (or at least we try). There are some things I think many of our founding fathers would not approve of, but it wouldn't be an overall disappointment.
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