What about the farm bill? We're wasting money making third world countries poorer. I know there are much worse things but it's something that we could easily change. That and illegal cannabis.
What was the biggest screw-up in American history?
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Yes, it could be seen that way, and for those wishing to turn a blind eye from previous events then yes, it could be considered White paint. Though earlier, McKinley, the president before Roosevelt was responible for the aquistion of the Phillipines, and the other territores aquired from the Spanish-American War. This president was issued the "White Man's Burden" esentially meaning he had the Go-ahead to "Civilize" the "Savage" tribes of the islands, and along with that China, Japan, and the Native Americans. This ideal of "Helping our Little Brown Brother" was passed down to the Progressive Teddy Roosevelt, though he was no were near as racist as McKinley, who prayed to God, and came upon a decision to "Civilize, Capitalize, and Christanize, our little Brown Brothers".avidabey said:
Though Teddy Roosevelt still had the progressive mindset of "help those less fortunate", even if those less fortunate would be better off without us.
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I'd have to go with a tie between slavery, colonization, and the government deciding not to help the citizens during the beginning of the Great Depression, just letting it get worse.
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And an annihilation of the English language that would have made Big Brother say "Ninja'd!"
On a more serious note, freeing slaves. Think about it, really. They were better off as slaves. Most slaves either became servants or soldiers.
A slave gets a proper funeral and burial. A servant doesn't. He just dies.
A slave gets food, safety and a home to live in. A servant got some meager money, not enough to buy food, safety and a home to live in.
A sick slave would be taken care of by the owner's own doctor, and receive the best possible care. A sick servant wouldn't get her day's pay until she got back to work.
On the other hand, things got relatively normal once all slaves and sons of slaves died, so it's a bit of a tradeoff. The freed slaves had a rough time so that their descendants could live "normally". I stress the inverted commas.
And an annihilation of the English language that would have made Big Brother say "Ninja'd!"
On a more serious note, freeing slaves. Think about it, really. They were better off as slaves. Most slaves either became servants or soldiers.
A slave gets a proper funeral and burial. A servant doesn't. He just dies.
A slave gets food, safety and a home to live in. A servant got some meager money, not enough to buy food, safety and a home to live in.
A sick slave would be taken care of by the owner's own doctor, and receive the best possible care. A sick servant wouldn't get her day's pay until she got back to work.
On the other hand, things got relatively normal once all slaves and sons of slaves died, so it's a bit of a tradeoff. The freed slaves had a rough time so that their descendants could live "normally". I stress the inverted commas.
Why are these threads always about what's wrong with America? Why isn't there a: "What is the Dumbest thing the British/English/whatever they are calling themselves have done"?
I would have to say the Iraq War
"They have weapons of mass destruction!" Bush say
3 yeares later:
"My bad" Bush says again.
Now, if the U.S. leaves they look like pussies for leaving and not helping people, but if the U.S. stays they get ridiculed for being where they don't belong.
"They have weapons of mass destruction!" Bush say
3 yeares later:
"My bad" Bush says again.
Now, if the U.S. leaves they look like pussies for leaving and not helping people, but if the U.S. stays they get ridiculed for being where they don't belong.
For some reason something tells me almost everyone posting here is against the goverment compltely or a resident of a foriegn power that hates America, or Bush haters/blamers
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Roosevelt inherited a revolution in the Philippines, and being an imperialist like McKinley, he decided to quash it and give the Filipinos their independence when he felt they were ready. His White Fleet, though, was a foreign policy gesture. It created admiration and respect for America around the globe, especially in Japan, which had recently had a flap with the US over discriminatory schooling in San Francisco. (TR resolved that little quarrel with secret meetings). I don't think the White Fleet's main aim was to promote racism; it was to promote US standing and gain some influence. After all, those were imperialistic times.This-is-Hip-Hop said:
Obama as president. A very democratic talk show host (sorry his name is slipping my mind) said that "He is the biggest destroyer of wealth our nation has ever seen" and that he "wasted his vote".
Trail of Tears
Not doing anything about illegal immigration (look at present day L.A.)
Allowing the 1990's pop scene to happen
Welfare for people who can work
Racism (For and Against)
Modern American Music
Not fully supporting ourselves going overseas when we could have won if the right people fought for us in modern day Iraq. But no...we have to argue about it instead of trying to win that fight.
Not doing anything about illegal immigration (look at present day L.A.)
Allowing the 1990's pop scene to happen
Welfare for people who can work
Racism (For and Against)
Modern American Music
Not fully supporting ourselves going overseas when we could have won if the right people fought for us in modern day Iraq. But no...we have to argue about it instead of trying to win that fight.
Your asking me? Because when you screw up internationally it leads to bad bad things.Zetona said:
>_< shut up you socialist weasel s***mop. of course socialism would work if perfectly implemented, just like utopia would work perfectly if we just got it right. QUIT BITCHING and act. Your computer would be better used for helping some kid in Africa learn to read, so in a socialist world we would redistribute it to them, or maybe to a university where people actually use it to learn instead of just s*** crap out of their mouths.Gooble said:
As for the initial question, I'd have to say it was the new deal, for several reasons:
1. Created a ruse of government effectiveness when really it was demand for weapons fueled by WWII that ended the new deal and many early new deal programs helped lead to a second recession in 1936/7.
2. Vilified the private sector when early government failures that could have prevented the great depression were not enacted for arbitrary reasons (including documented antisemitism by senators and congressmen).
3. Created Social Security, the most inefficient and ineffective concept EVER.
4. Road construction (a major part of the New Deal) paved (literally) the way for our current dependence on foreign oil and a large part of global warming).
5. Keynesians all loved the New Deal, and Keynesians are worthless.
I'm going to say the back-room deal that led to the Hayes being made president in 1877. Pretty much, the 1876 election was disputed, and the Republicans made a deal with the Democrats that if they gave the presidency to the Republican Hayes, he would pull troops out of the south and end post Civil-War reconstruction. In effect, this led to the oppression of blacks in the south for the next 90 years.
stuck between a rock and a hard place.Irridium said:
I would have to say slavery, definitely a very shameful part of my country's history.
to Hunde Des Krieg: I don't know. Bashing the U.S. is just more entertaining I guess.