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Really China is the asshole country that's taking everyone down. Sure, America made some pretty big mistakes. But we were pioneers and our mistakes are to be learned from, not emulated. China used to be filled with bikes, but now lots more people drive cars, and not good cars, old crappy cars. But China thinks they have every right to be an industrialized nation. Fair enough, but at least look at how fast we're sinking (all the good tech industries are moving away, take advantage of that rising nations uh durr!!!)
Our failing economy has a lot more to it than just our unwillingness to drill oil in our own backyard. We, more than ever, are stuck in our ways. How much innovation was born in the U.S.? LOTS! We could have had electric cars since the 70s, but people liked Camaros. And now it's SUVs. But now we see those industries moving to other countries. Japan has the car market down. Germany has the solar and wind power market down. The middle east as a whole has the oil market down. We let shit slip through our fingers because we take our personal liberties a little too seriously.
"But I have every right to drive an SUV!" Yeah? Well you're gonna be the demise of this country by keeping antiquated technology in fashion while other opportunities go right out the window, so fuck you!
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