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Carbine: Ever hear of a man called Turing. He was really British. You can thank -him- for the fact that you have a computer. Dolt.
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Yes, but the computers developed in countries like the U.K. and Germany could have also evolved into our current computers.
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Unless iowa state university was in germany i'd have to say the first electronic digital computer was made in america
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Conco: you are right it is ALL societies fault that some are people are rich and some people are poor. who needs economic freedom? we should all be socialists and help those who are "misunderstood" or "unlucky"
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and i SHOULD have just stoped reading at englishmen , and O btw, all of you can thank America for that fact that you have the internet or even a computer
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Much of modern society is based off of agriculture, which spawned in China and the Fertile Crescent. Modern society is based off of things that go way back, and you shouldn't assume that without the U.S. we'd be just learning the secrets of the combustion engine.
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Oh, and about sending jobs overseas - yes, America does buy its teddy bears from China, but guess what China buys from the US? Missles. Intel chips. Other high-end material. So while it may not seem like it, the US is still a major manufacturing power.
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yeah i do like the 1st grader who wanted john kerry to win (you must have made quite an informed decision rather than listen to your dad cuss to the radio)
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The thing is though, you make it seem like the U.S.A. is unique in that it gives civil rights to all citizens. Most "western" countries have civil rights at least close to the U.S., and many have around the same.
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MUch of modern society and modern life styles are based of american advancements, mean while farmers in russia and china are dying from contaiminated well-water...
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paradoxymoron , and all those imigrants can thank the freedoms and econmoic opportunites that America gave to them. IF we didnt let women show their skin and have jobs, like all those , pardon my french, towel heads do, we wouldnt be as great of a country. Yes, the people in america do make up the country, but teh goverement isnt stiffling creativitey and journalism (china), rather than letting all its inhabitants blossem.
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@Carbinekilla: The U.S. doesn't hold 36% of the worlds wealth, in fact, the U.S. is one of the poorest countries in the world due to very large debts.
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George Bush, a bad president?! No, declaring war on a country for no good reason is a good thing! What are you talking about?
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The U.S.A. is not the most important nation. Americans are generally categorized as being stupid and fat for the same reasons that any stereotype exists.
I agree with liberal philosophy, and your generalization towards liberals as stupid is counteracted by your stupidity. Kongregate is not racist, it is merely poking fun at stereotypes. Russia and China are fairly dominant nations, but so is the U.S.
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The U.S. is a large country, so there is a reasonable chance that there are some smart people in the U.S. (if there weren't, that would be embarrasing, it is normal that a large county that spends a lot of money develops a lot of things made some good advancements(allthough half the things that are claimed by them aren't true) and they pump a lot of money (they don't have) into a lot of things, those are the only reasons the U.S. is "dominant" (if you can call it that way, the U.S. is forwarding itself as a great country, while there are numerous countries that are a lot better which don't have an arrogant big mouth).
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Carbine: The inanity of statements like "most important nations of all time" sort of give evidence toward whatever stereotype you were protesting. As for technological advancement, you can thank immigration for that. People accomplished great things. It's not as if people became super inventive once they crossed an imaginary border.
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Conco, STFU and dont listen to CNN , liberal biitch. and corkscrew while MANY jobs have been sent over sees where there are little to no labor laws (think slavery) america still holds roughly 36% of the worlds weath as a SINGLE country
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Not bad, being a person who cares nothing about Geography I'm surprised how much I knew. Learned some stuff too... I guess it wouldn't be a bad educational tool
However, I would like to know how knowing geography makes you smart and not knowing it makes you dumb? Ignorant of the world around you, maybe... but the same can be said for not knowing the sciences or economics. I find the sciences or knowledge of technology to be a lot more relevant, applicable and useful than knowing where "Reunion" is or what happened in 1797. Meh, maybe that's just me though?
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You can't blame the children for electing bush. I wanted John Kerry to win 8 years ago, but I was in first grade.
HINT: If you have trouble hitting some of the cities in smaller countires, try zooming in
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Carbinekilla, you're still under the illusion that the U.S. of A is still allmighty and powerful. The thing is, we've lost LOTS of power since World War II, our peak of power. Since then, a lot of jobs have been sent to other countries, meaning we're basically shipping our money to other countries.
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how is Russia and China dominant? China is getting there fast, russia has little economic power (USA and China are titains in the global economy) and both have TERRIBLE living conditions for the people
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Its just resentment, if Americans are so "stuiped" how come they are the most dominate nation and one of the most important nations of ALL TIME (if you try to combat that just think of ALL the techolgical advancements that have come out of the United States) America did not get to where it is today by being stuiped, the only idiotic ppl in america are liberals
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The funny thing is that I have an easier time finding cities in Euro countries because they are so much smaller. Without seeing the US broken into states it is much harder for me to be accurate with some of the mid-western cities