Poll: Which country has had the most negative effect on the world?
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Y'know, everything that every one of these countries has done, if it hadn't been done by them, would've been done by someone else anyways. The US invented the automobile, but you can be certain that if they hadn't, someone else would have. Great Britain created its world-spanning empire and basically ruined most of Africa, India and its neighbors as a result. If they hadn't done that though, you could be certain France would have, and instead of speaking awesome English we would be speaking silly French. Can you imagine Indians speaking French fluently?
Is it possible to blame Britain for creating the United States as a result of their government's actions? Because it would seem to be that America is the most "negative".
Then again, we're not entirely sure on the terms for what constitutes "negative".
I personally think a little strife builds character for future generations. If it weren't for Nazi Germany we wouldn't have alot of things we have today. (Or at least they'd come much later.)
Then again, we're not entirely sure on the terms for what constitutes "negative".
I personally think a little strife builds character for future generations. If it weren't for Nazi Germany we wouldn't have alot of things we have today. (Or at least they'd come much later.)
I don't understand how you can say that the US has had a larger negative impact on the world throughout history then Britain has. Yes, the US has a terrible track record of middle-east foreign policy, but the reason that region is so screwed up to begin with is because of British imperialism.
The lead the US has surprises me, given how vocal and numerous the anti-Ruskies have been.
Also, whoever voted Italy should be crucified. They gave us the Rome, which spawned Caesar. That automatically wins any sort of contest you're throwing (except for this one considering 'winning' would actually be 'losing.')
Now, for my vote... Australia. Those dingo loving bastards can go choke on a kiwi for all I care.
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Also, whoever voted Italy should be crucified. They gave us the Rome, which spawned Caesar. That automatically wins any sort of contest you're throwing (except for this one considering 'winning' would actually be 'losing.')
Now, for my vote... Australia. Those dingo loving bastards can go choke on a kiwi for all I care.
[small]Yes, that was a joke.[/small]
There wouldn't be Romans without the Greeks (or at least that's what my fevered grasp of history tells me).DarkLordofDevon said:
And there wouldn't be Greeks without... um... let's just say the blame for all the bad stuff in the world rests solely on whichever ape decided to climb down from the tree first.
France for producing french people.
but in all seriousness i would probably say Germany if youre including nazi germany, which ravaged most of Europe.
If youre counting Rome for Italy than one could probably make a case for that.
Great Britain was a fairly destructive Empire with quite a few tyrant kings but this is all before the industrial revolution for the most part?now theyre awesome.
Africa and its associated states are a total mess with blood diamonds, drug lords, somalian pirates, etc. but there is no specific government to blame for that as those are all criminal organizations that arent supported by their government.
Sure and China and Russia were pretty bad but most of that was them slaughtering their own people (China more so than Russia) so it wasnt a negative impact on the world as much as it was on themselves. To be fair, Russia was fairly imperialistic at some points in ways that China wasnt
Then theres the United States. While they have certainly have good intentions, theyre far from perfect. The USA has a tendency of invading other countries for faulty national security threats (Vietnam, Iraq, arguably Cuba, etc.)
These are the countries on your list I would put as the most destructive to the world.
but in all seriousness i would probably say Germany if youre including nazi germany, which ravaged most of Europe.
If youre counting Rome for Italy than one could probably make a case for that.
Great Britain was a fairly destructive Empire with quite a few tyrant kings but this is all before the industrial revolution for the most part?now theyre awesome.
Africa and its associated states are a total mess with blood diamonds, drug lords, somalian pirates, etc. but there is no specific government to blame for that as those are all criminal organizations that arent supported by their government.
Sure and China and Russia were pretty bad but most of that was them slaughtering their own people (China more so than Russia) so it wasnt a negative impact on the world as much as it was on themselves. To be fair, Russia was fairly imperialistic at some points in ways that China wasnt
Then theres the United States. While they have certainly have good intentions, theyre far from perfect. The USA has a tendency of invading other countries for faulty national security threats (Vietnam, Iraq, arguably Cuba, etc.)
These are the countries on your list I would put as the most destructive to the world.
well we rightly accuse the Nazis for what they did to the jews,Agayek said:
but if you think about it, they basically did what the americans did to the native americans (wipe them off the face of the earth, or at least try) and if it's 1 single nation/race that could never be accused of doing evil in this world it's the native americans, who actually respected the earth and only took what they needed it from it.
And let's not forget while Nazi=absolute evil in movie/comic/game media the cowboys who killed and raped so many native americans, have been turned to heroes and cool guys
The sad thing about this is that the damage they do mostly isnt to the world but to themselvesTears of a Tree said:
