USA is the country that waisted the greatest material and intellectual resources of all humankind's history combined to achieve the impossible materialistic dream and imposed it to the rest of the world which will probably cause the end of humankind as we know it.
Apart from that, US is cool. I want to go there one day.
Nothing wrong with pragmatism. A lot of people I know were delighted to move here, and sometimes permanently, yet still held a critical eye to some of the ways and means of our nation.
A country which can arrange a decent place to live can 'high-grade' people from all around the world. With good leadership, the advantage this confers can perpetuate the phenomenon. I think the US 'had it goin' on' for a period of time and benefited hugely, but we are 'losing it' in a variety of ways. Oh well. The pages turn in every book.
"Ways and means" = subtle humor? (its the name of the US congressional committee that taxes, and spends on entitlements)
The bankers have had their way with the USA for a handful generations now. The US glory days were the interbank period which began its decline 100 years ago. Those days with stable money and low taxes are beyond the memory of those that live. The time since has been momentum and milking the laurels upon which the US now rests. Bitcoin provides us the vain hope this time may come again, but worldwide, rather than constrained by national borders and tied to a national identity. It is, for the good of all.
For the patriotic of all the worlds nations, there is some hope that those that govern whatever place you hold dear through your own experiences there, may recognize Bitcoin's merits and not crush it, like a sleeping giant rolling over in its slumber smothering an infant.
The US currently is the largest state holder of Bitcoin. Maybe that will infect it with some needed sanity? Hope for change springs eternal.
If it's not the US, it's somebody else.
