This is what people tend to forget. India was granted independence because the United Kingdom spent a good portion (most?) of its national wealth in WWII.
There was also pressure from FDR to grant them independence. And without American loans after the war, Britain would have collapsed.
Where did we go wrong?
I'll give you two words:
Baby Boomers.
Being JUST younger than they are I've watched with horror all the things that they've done all my life.
It has to do with social consensus.
If a society believes that education is important, everyone gets educated regardless of wealth.
The USA is an anti-education country. This is somewhat new - brought here by the Baby Boomers.
No. "Hispanic" is a term created by the US census to describe people coming from a bunch of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Guess what? The people of Spain are..Spanish.
You are clearly not thinking straight.
If you want to say the US is not a country that believes in the state making choices about significant portions of the lives of individuals, and insuring that these things are carried out, you are absolutely right.
But to say the US is neither civilized nor developed is insane.
The US and its form of government is probably the first in the western world to put the sovereign rights of the individual over those of the state and the nobility. In doing this, we took from other nations, primarily Britain, many ideas about its legal system and laws, but added a uniquely American twist of "The state shall not without due cause, do X' It is only in the last 50 years this has been so egregiously violated, mostly because of the decline in critical thinking of its populace.
As a nation, we are incredibly wealthy, far wealthier than in (say) 1970. The old adage of "walking to school uphill both ways in two feet of snow" is amusing, but it has some merit: The reason why there are bad results in our education system is that people do not want to be educated.
Including you.
That is absolutely untrue.
Private school teachers get far less pay than public school teachers AND no gold plated pensions.
It's THAT which consumes most public school education money - and athletics.
Indeed. If most welfare money wasn't wasted - aka spent in 'administration' - we might actually be able to do something useful.
If people getting transfer payments aren't interested in heterodying themselves out of poverty, you cannot fix that.
And no, I'm hardly wealthy, I grew up in a ghetto - but I didn't want to stay there.
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No, that just stops sex altogether.
Just be careful it can't be hacked.
This is what people tend to forget. India was granted independence because the United Kingdom spent a good portion (most?) of its national wealth in WWII. There was also pressure from FDR to grant them independence. And without American loans after the war, Britain would have collapsed.
I had wondered this too. Did you notice the control console looked like something out of a 1960s science fiction movie?
I was just gonna type this :)
Jeez I was such a geek at the time, I didn't even do that.
Since the marginal total tax rate in the US is somewhat about 50% when you factor in everything, from where do you expect to get...more money?
But how could we do that? Then, we couldn't hire folks for $.02 per month in other parts of the world to do stuff for us!
And bootlickers like you.
Clearly you haven't watched what the current administration and Clinton's administration did - just to name two of them.
You are deranged. I really think you need to visit some of the fucked up shitholes of the world and then say that.
Long haul truckers have urea tanks too to make cleaner diesel. So they have to contend with such as well.
And from where do you get the electricity?
Where did we go wrong? I'll give you two words: Baby Boomers. Being JUST younger than they are I've watched with horror all the things that they've done all my life.
Unless, of course, the European parliament overrules the Dutch one and they get broken code.
Yes, G*d forbid your fridge should...keep food cold! But wow, it has cameras and can order food when it's empty!
Indeed. Look what the Demopublicans have done - especially in the last 8 years.
It has to do with social consensus. If a society believes that education is important, everyone gets educated regardless of wealth. The USA is an anti-education country. This is somewhat new - brought here by the Baby Boomers.
No. "Hispanic" is a term created by the US census to describe people coming from a bunch of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Guess what? The people of Spain are..Spanish.
Indeed. You can say this of both major political parties in the USA.
I guess they said it was fine locally at Fukushima too.
You are clearly not thinking straight. If you want to say the US is not a country that believes in the state making choices about significant portions of the lives of individuals, and insuring that these things are carried out, you are absolutely right. But to say the US is neither civilized nor developed is insane. The US and its form of government is probably the first in the western world to put the sovereign rights of the individual over those of the state and the nobility. In doing this, we took from other nations, primarily Britain, many ideas about its legal system and laws, but added a uniquely American twist of "The state shall not without due cause, do X' It is only in the last 50 years this has been so egregiously violated, mostly because of the decline in critical thinking of its populace. As a nation, we are incredibly wealthy, far wealthier than in (say) 1970. The old adage of "walking to school uphill both ways in two feet of snow" is amusing, but it has some merit: The reason why there are bad results in our education system is that people do not want to be educated. Including you.
That is absolutely untrue. Private school teachers get far less pay than public school teachers AND no gold plated pensions. It's THAT which consumes most public school education money - and athletics.
Indeed. If most welfare money wasn't wasted - aka spent in 'administration' - we might actually be able to do something useful. If people getting transfer payments aren't interested in heterodying themselves out of poverty, you cannot fix that. And no, I'm hardly wealthy, I grew up in a ghetto - but I didn't want to stay there.
We have a social safety net. Direct transfer payments, housing credits, SNAP, other things. Whether it works is another question.