Environmentalist hippies is what went wrong.

foreign interests and bad long-term strategy played a massive role in the down-fall of the 60s US.

foreign interest = certain 2 countries who used USA as a bodyguard for their own agenda (UK and Israel)

bad long-term strategy = create no social net because that's a socialist doctrine + create an environment where you need to work and get more money on top of your money (basically greed)

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Also, you're looking at those stats from the 60s and you gotta remember that's the period when the US started to import talents and brains from all over the world into the US. That's fine for a 1st generation, like you need a foreign scientist, you get him and his family into the country. That 1st generation is stoked and loves the life in US, maybe the 2nd generation is also ok, but when you get to the 3rd generation, there's no guarantee those people will be "good people" nor that they'll like that life.

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The worst mistake done by the US was to legalize corruption under the form of "lobby" that's what ruined the USA.

Send criminal settlers to a foreign lands and watch what happens^^

Australia is doing quite alright, compared to the rest it seems.

Im sure the pre debased currency figures into it. Silver coins up to 64

Because if you have blue hair, neck tattoos, and septum piercings, you will believe anything that's told to you.

The next stage in capitalism (for international companies, which basically what most are after a certain stage) is to find out where to can get goods made cheaper, and to sell back to the those who had wealth. Countries with poor people who didn't require things like health coverage, a safe work environment, and don't mind pollution will always be able to work cheaper than countries that want such protections. The cycle will continue as those nations will get to expensive and production moves elsewhere.

Africa is the next factory continent, china knows this

引用自 HypersleepyNaputunia：

Africa is the next factory continent, china knows this

If you count factories as making kids go into mines and mine resources, then yes.

Otherwise, those resources will be shipped to Chinese factories.

The local labor force in Africa isn't exactly "factory-minded", if you will.

The Rich bought over our elections.

Another disingenuous bait thread. We've gone from claims that the stock market is failing, and now the US, which sits atop the world as the largest economy, largest military, largest consumer market, most scientifically advanced country, and the undisputed sole world power, has failed.

I'm starting to think it's a poor attempt at comedy.

引用自 HypersleepyNaputunia：

Africa is the next factory continent, china knows this

China is already being replaced by Vietnam and Thailand.

Republicans destroyed American because of greed.

引用自 Ulfrinn：

引用自 HypersleepyNaputunia：

Africa is the next factory continent, china knows this

China is already being replaced by Vietnam and Thailand.

Which is why CN isn't losing any time there and is headed for the market of the day after tomorrow.

引用自 Ulfrinn：

Another disingenuous bait thread. We've gone from claims that the stock market is failing, and now the US, which sits atop the world as the largest economy, largest military, largest consumer market, most scientifically advanced country, and the undisputed sole world power, has failed.

I'm starting to think it's a poor attempt at comedy.

I hear ya buddy, but if you were alive in the 80's, you'd know how much America has fallen.

We are being undermined by masses of people who don't know the 3 branches of government, but will throw a rock through a window over a dead felon.

The left has replaced Jesus with George.

Jesus would refuse Right-Wing America for sure.

Don't badmouth HIS name.