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what comes to your mind if you think of the US?

Amazing and diverse geography !
 
ataraxia said:
First modern democracy.
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Didn't you get the memo? America is a republic, not a democracy!


Gee, I kept a straight face while I typed that!
 
oh say can you see .....
 
Where to begin.

Former ally.

Flawed democracy (per EIU).

A government that is unable to fix the simplest problems that other countries sorted decades ago.

A country actively supporting genocide.

A country that is one of the greatest threats to world peace and prosperity.
 
Land of opportunity for those willing to put in the effort and work.
 
dmpi said:
Land of opportunity for those willing to put in the effort and work.
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Nice bumper sticker propaganda but the fact is that many countries provide opportunity. Ireland for example which currently has a smoking hot economy.

The US is currently throttling opportunity with tariffs on the supply chain that enables business growth.

@Decypher
 
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One giant touchdown for mankind.



 
dmpi said:
Land of opportunity for those willing to put in the effort and work.
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Perhaps once true but social mobility rates are now lower in the US than much of Europe.
 
The most free country in the world. The only country left that recognizes and respects the right to free speech, and the only country that trusts the people to own lots and lots of firearms.
 
As to the OP question, the US is the heir to British Empire and seemingly undergoing a similar decline.
 
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