Topic: Opinion on the US - page 15. (Read 19000 times)

The more a government control money, the more artificial is its value.


A Dollar bill can't even wipe the ass properly.

taking the dollar off of the Bretton Woods standard, making it 100 percent fiat, was as close to shouting 'bankrupt' from the rooftops as you could possibly get. It's probably the biggest debt default in history.

I hate you people that can pull off brevity! (j/k, I actually just wish I could be that brief and still get my point across.

I agree with this post 100 percent.

Too bad you can only vote for one.

Didn't know it was once bankrupted.

Yeah the major cities are full of welfare scum.. better head for the mountains

depends where there are places in the US that are now hell
but a few spots are still sort of heaven

I use to have a dream to live in America...but nowadays...not so much...

Since governments rule by force and threat of force (if'n you don't do as we say, we are gonna come lookin' for ya), I have a low opinion of any government.  I can rule myself, thank you.

Officially declared as such in 1971.

I heard USA is bankrupt.

I remember hearing or reading somewhere that while Americans (myself included) know that they aren't the best, they will sure think and give off the attitude "hell yea I'm the best!!!!!!" 


I know I've caught myself falling for this line of thinking...its not about who is better, but how you utilize everyone's strengths and weaknesses together. 

Yes I'm fat...totally a fat guy.  But I've seen what appears to be fat people on various countries not just America.  I like my size though...I noticed that fat people don't talk shit about fat people - its usually the awkward loser skinny people or insecure skinny people that feel compelled to point out obesity lol.  You know who you are...you made fun of fat kids when you were young....you're insecure lol.

Lazy?  Sure...I like doing less physical work at a greater level of efficiency than you.  I can't help it if you refuse to learn Excel stuff like MID, Text To columns, and VLookup lol.

I wish you would've added more colorful answers such as:

Has a dumbass government

Fucks up at policing the world

Costs more for healthcare than my country

Is full of too many entitled little shits who think the world should keel to them after college

Had a dumbass billionaire darknet empire king arrested in the sci fi section of the Public Library.




Since none of them could match what I desired I simply just don't give a flying spaghetti monster fuck nor shit nor private key of DPRs brain wallet. Fix the above and by all means I wont feel those sentiments...Thank you very much free speech. 

I think the US need to stop policing the world and fix their own problems first, such as a certain national debt about to reach its limit. For example, Japan and South Korea don't need a stack of US military bases, they should allow for Japan to remilitarise to pre-WW2 levels and let them and South Korea work out a joint military alliance with other nations like the Philippines and Vietnam to keep China from trying to encroach on their territories. Same with the Middle East, the Arab League could easily provide their own regional security without needing US bases in Saudi Arabia. Even their base in Germany would have to be seen as pretty much redundant since the end of the Cold War and the expansion of the European Union to include former USSR countries. I also don't welcome the idea of US Marines being increasingly deployed in Australia, particularly in Darwin.

I find it mildly disgusting that they can blow a shitload on their military, but have thousands of homeless people and people dying because they can't afford ludicrously expensive healthcare.

Then surely you would be an even bigger fan of Africa.

In all fairness who compiles the Index of Economic Freedom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation#Criticism

That said over multiple sources its not that bad

Anyways its downfall will be the Republican Presidential System
Tensions between two parties unable to make a policy might create a collapse
Chile is the only other example of a Constituinal Republic to last as long as the USA until Pinochet

As of 2013, the USA ranks 10th out of about 177 countries on the Index of Economic Freedom. See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_economic_freedom
While the US used to be higher on that index, 10th place is still not too bad. That said, there are many continuing threats to the US and Americans. Most of the Answers to these threats are in Milton and Rose Friedman book "Free to Choose". See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_to_choose
However, the American political leaders can not even keep their own government open so I highly doubt they could implement any of Milton Friedman's great ideas.
In short, America will be its own downfall. Fiat currency, fractional reserve banking and big government will bring it down. The question is not "if", but "when".

You say you love the land of your birth, but what does that mean really?  It is an artificial border drawn around a wide area by a group of people calling themselves the US government.   The "land" where you were born was a very small patch of this.

As for the wide open spaces, mountains and coasts you'll find these in many other places.  Not to mention America is also very cramped in many places as well eg. Manhattan.  Do you love those spaces as much?  They are also part of america.  Not to mention the ugly parts of America.  To me this is just saying I love the beautiful parts of Earth.

As for the people, I have lived in 2 countries (Britain and Australia) and ignorance is pretty high in both as well.  Here in Australia people frequently laugh at "dumb Americans" but percentage-wise there are just as many dumb Australians.  I've found that people that like to laugh and say how dumb others are, do so often to cover up their own insecurities.  And when it's done on a national level, ie. laughing at dumb Americans but shouting "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie" then it's just dumb nationalism.

I'm not so sure about the motives.  I think there were some people that wanted liberty but others who wanted power.  Those who wanted power were able to set up a government, but compromised on some aspects,  knowing how it worked and they would be able to subvert it later.  We are yet to see true freedom and liberty in this world.  Things are worse now than ever, we basically have fascist security states, but that doesn't mean things were good in the past.  They just weren't as bad as now.    Beware of looking through rose-coloured glasses.   

Adds another Documentary to share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKnS-Adc_2E

Everybody put his own ideas saying "I love America".
I say, I love the spirit of people who build that country. I was not born in US and I can compare. That is why I live in US and I thank god for this. I can agree that this country became a different now, and unfortunately it looks like there is no way to get this country as it was earlier. Now it became so popular to talk about how bad US is (basically US became what it is MOSTLY because of them). I wish these people try to live in country like Russia for example, where biggest speech freedom lover run. He really chose the best country for himself. I am sure, that if he would call reporters he could be a hero. But he is a chicken, so he run to the country which (I am sure about that) made him a Russian spy for the money. He sold his soul to Russia.

hard to put into proper words. I am a bit more awake now For the most part, I agree with you. I'm trying to convey the idea that I love the land of my birth and the major concepts that led to it breaking away from Britain. I hate what it has become. I also love the wide open spaces and mountains and coasts. The people? Not so much. I have met people from all over the world, and the average US citizen seems to be blithely ignorant of the world around them to a greater degree than most other people.

Of course that could be a false impression, since I met most of those people IN the USA, but with the advent of computer based communication my impression seems to be strengthened.