One of the primary reasons that I can see for America not being as big and cool as in the history books is because all of the stuff in the history books is about important and trying times in our countries history. We invented the telegraph because we needed a way to communicate over long distances quickly when the country was first being built. We built a better gun(the revolver) because we needed a more efficient way to "eliminate" problems. We did so well in WW2 because of our exceptionally innovative war bent minds, and the people who turned non-war bent inventions into tools of destruction.
The primary reason for what has happened to this country is because it has become stagnant. All of our recent "challenges" involve bombing some poor country to kingdom come and then dropping food on it. What we need is to have our power stripped from us. Right now, we are the big kid on the playground. There are only two ways for our country to return to its former glory. The first is for another big kid to show up and start bullying the other countries, like Germany during World Wars 1 & 2 or Russia during the Cold War. The other is for some big nasty disaster coming and stripping us of all our power and prestige.
We have become stagnant(fun word). The best thing we can do is force our country off of its laurels and make it do something. But the only way for that to happen is for us to do it first. Stop complaining that nothing amazing has been invented in our country and go out and invent it. Make the first gun that shoots shurrikens and lightning(really cool weapon), make a fully interactive 3-D game, build a better computer, write an innovative novel, any of the above or nothing else on the list, but do something.
The primary reason for what has happened to this country is because it has become stagnant. All of our recent "challenges" involve bombing some poor country to kingdom come and then dropping food on it. What we need is to have our power stripped from us. Right now, we are the big kid on the playground. There are only two ways for our country to return to its former glory. The first is for another big kid to show up and start bullying the other countries, like Germany during World Wars 1 & 2 or Russia during the Cold War. The other is for some big nasty disaster coming and stripping us of all our power and prestige.
We have become stagnant(fun word). The best thing we can do is force our country off of its laurels and make it do something. But the only way for that to happen is for us to do it first. Stop complaining that nothing amazing has been invented in our country and go out and invent it. Make the first gun that shoots shurrikens and lightning(really cool weapon), make a fully interactive 3-D game, build a better computer, write an innovative novel, any of the above or nothing else on the list, but do something.
