What is the ONE thing that propelled the United States to the top?

[splendica]

Yeah, you guys have also have done a lot of things right.
But had the advantage that you didn't have all the stupid conflicts that had their origins centuries ago.
You basically got a fresh start.
After you killed most of the rightful owners of the land and committed treason of course.

 

[Gregolian]

WWII

 

[hillelslovak87]

Manufacturing and innovation. Sadly, the latter has waned.

 

[Overtures]

The land mass and its resources and the idea of manifesting destiny.

That's all.


It was a new, so people went all in.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Manufacturing and innovation. Sadly, the latter has waned.

Maybe. But let's look at the burgeoning marijuana industry in the US. The Dutch had that shit relatively legal for years and what did they do with it? The had a crude vaporizer to smoke your buds, some hash, and maybe a few muffins, cakes, or shakes. Not much really advanced when compared to the innovations of the last five years or so here. Now we've got little cartridges with vape pens and every kind of edible it's possible to infuse with THC. Then there's all sorts of medicinal cremes and the like. Various methods of hash making. Strains are advancing. I think Americans are still highly innovative.

 

[IndyCovaHart]

Pilgrim prayers.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Progressive policy: which includes

Women's rights
Unions
Workers rights
Labor laws

It grew the greatest middle class the world has ever know.

 

[hillelslovak87]

Maybe. But let's look at the burgeoning marijuana industry in the US. The Dutch had that shit relatively legal for years and what did they do with it? The had a crude vaporizer to smoke your buds, some hash, and maybe a few muffins, cakes, or shakes. Not much really advanced when compared to the innovations of the last five years or so here. Now we've got little cartridges with vape pens and every kind of edible it's possible to infuse with THC. Then there's all sorts of medicinal cremes and the like. Various methods of hash making. Strains are advancing. I think Americans are still highly innovative.

I live in WA, one of the first states to legalize, and I have a friend who has worked in the industry since it came. He has some crazy stories on what people have produced with cannabis. I look at the pricing of weed, and it's insane. 5 years ago, for me to get an oz of weed, it would be maaaaaybe 250 bucks, and that's if I'm lucky, and it's through a dealer, so you have to buy whatever he has, which is limited. Now, I can go to Have a Heart and get an oz of really good shake/keef mix for 55 bucks.

 

[Liquid Smoke]

Two giant oceans separating us from Axis powers sure didn't hurt.
It's almost like borders made countries great at one time.

 

[HomerThompson]

Snagging all the best scientists after ww2.
The rest of the world's industries being in ruins for years after ww2.

Lots of other stuff ofc but those were definently a part of it.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Now, I can go to Have a Heart and get an oz of really good shake/keef mix for 55 bucks.

What do you do with it?

 

[hillelslovak87]

What do you do with it?

I trap homeless people in a shipping container, and feed in the cannabis smoke. It's my passion.

 

[JonnyRingo84]

What is the one thing that caused the United States to be the world leader in the 21st century?

Is it because of the Petrodollar?

Is it WW2 manufacturing?

Luck?

the world wars, and an ocean on either side of us. no question about it.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

I trap homeless people in a shipping container, and feed in the cannabis smoke. It's my passion.

In my book that's an humanitarian effort.

 

[jefferz]

well i consider those Germans one of us now. So they are american, unfortantly are space program is crap

Our manned space program is crap, but the rest is bad ass. We're still the only country that has sent a probe to Uranus.

 

[panamaican]

Honestly? Immigration.

Almost every great thing this country produced was the result of immigrants or the next 2-3 generations.

Shit, even Trump is only 2nd generation American, his grandfather was an immigrant.

 

[JonnyRingo84]

Christian informed values like family, duty and charity.

those could easily be buddhist or atheist values too.

without the world wars, we'd be a middling power. i mean, every side of ww1 was buying shit from us lol. we didnt jump in until the very end. i dont think we planned it that way, but there is no better way that ww1 could have gone for us.

 

[Farmer Br0wn]

Americans spend, on average, less than 17% of their annual income on food. This includes all the groceries, eating out, and other dining experiences you could imagine.

In poorer countries, laborers often have to spend far more than 50% of their daily income on food alone.

The amount that Americans otherwise don't spend on food is able to be used for a multitude of other things.

 

[hillelslovak87]

In my book that's an humanitarian effort.

Well, there was way too much anal for my taste, then they all choked to death, so in my eyes it's a wash.

 

[unimackpass]

We could have all things mentioned, here but without the constitution/rule of law , utilization of such most likely wouldn't have materialized to the potential that it did.