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Jul 18, 2016 1:06 PM
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asmugpolitician
ScientistHere
That font
salamibob
/a/BpFIw
Oooldfart
“I am embarrassed. We are all embarrassed. We Americans have guided our destinies so clumsily, with all the world watching,
Oooldfart
that we must now protect ourselves against our own government and our own industries.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday
Gguyer
MostSereneDoge
Broken? Yeah, it really sucks that we can't own people anymore. And what's with women voting? Am I right, fellow land owning white male?
THEREAINTNOWEEPININTHISHOME
Also, a major Civil War after 70 years, nevermind the fact our first "constitution" lasted 8 years.
LelleLelleLelle
Peetza
That font makes my teeth itch.
PhailRaptor
Pretty sure that's just the termites eating your wooden dentures....
accidentalrainbowfart
nice choice of font!
KNIVESY
I'd say "broken* it" but broke it is also correct, but only as hyperbole.
Itaane
madcow32
It's cool though, we still have the receipt
GabuEx
The very first real presidential election between Jefferson and Adams was still to this day probably the ugliest campaign ever. 1/2
GabuEx
The idea that things were great but now it's broken is too pessimistic. Things have always sucked. We just know more about today's suck. 2/2
xplodingplatypus
Too bad all the neighbors were too busy killing groups of people.
Leonidas182
TheDarkLordOfTrees
SUPREME LEADER CLAPS! THAT MEANS IT'S OK FOR US TO CLAP AS WELL!
Mackl3s
You crap now! Crap!
Wander1236
These guys managed to do it in much less time.
Leonidas182
You are now banned from Pyongyang.
Wander1236
Darn
DarkNinja2462
We had too many parties
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
Don't you mean TWO many parties?
UpvoteSquirrel
too many Tea Parties.. *Rule Britannia intensifies* *sips tea*
DarkNinja2462
One Tea Party is sufficient. The Boston Tea Party
XenuWorldOrder
We do celebrate an absurd amount of stuff.
goflyblind
Borrael
"The fuck is this?.."
swinglinered
"A Republic, if you can keep it" https://www.google.com/#q=%22A+Republic%2C+if+you+can+keep+it%22
MrRubberBurner
Guns should not be legal for citizens. Only for police, and white dudes, not Martha nobody fucking give Martha a gun" George Washington
Stilgod
"Why is there a nigger in my house?"
beefjokey
- White Twitter caption
KckUNjUbR6GMwpnD
"Guns should not be legal for citizens. Only for the police." - George Washington
Bugrush
Nothing like a fake quote to start the week.
FloppyPankake47
Washington is dissatisfied with us
xUncreative
THANKS OBAMA
CreativeBottle
Woah hold on there! Canada is doing great!!
debunker
As a Canadian, yes it is. But, that's George Washington.
SomePeopleSayThatCucumbersTasteBetterPickled
Well, let's see what it looks like in century.
Hannya
Filled with Americans, and protected by a wall.. To keep Trump and his supporters out.
DrKriegersClone
South park called it first http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/09/24/06/2CB3E8DC00000578-3247124-image-m-53_1443073996666.jpg
NoiseGener8r
aerostevo
This is why we can't have nice things!
ayymamacita
I hope you are not talking about slaves
imnicetopeopleontheinternet
I'm all for improving our country, but I think it's good to acknowledge how good we have it during the process.
jackbos
I'm not sure if "most powerful nation of all time, both economically and militarily" can be considered "failure".
ShruggieFresh
MURICA BRUH!
ActorGaryCornick
...but that's exactly what Britain was at the time of the Revolution.
jackbos
I wouldn't call the British Empire a failure either.
ActorGaryCornick
My point was that those things have nothing to do with whether the country aligns with Washington's ideals.
PoliticallyInsensitiveReturn
If it's okay for a couple centuries, I think you are doing pretty well.
QuasiIntellectualChimpanzee
Counterpoint: Donald J. Trump
agileprune
Counter-counter point. The trail of tears
QuasiIntellectualChimpanzee
Counter-counter-counter point: The Deep South 1770s-present
agileprune
Counter-counter-coun.... nah
SergeantMajorSpoiler
Was it, though? I'd argue it was pretty okay from about mid-60's till Reagan. At least if you were black...or working class...or a woman.
UnpopularOpinionPuffinPersonified
Are you suggesting the 70s were better for blacks, women, and working class than now? Oh my!
agileprune
Well they're better than the 1870's for sure
Ewanator
Awww a couple of centuries. That's cute. -most other countries.
TheSacrificialButter
I'l say it. Scoreboard. I'll take burning out fast and changing the state of the world over being a backwater any day
avidatheist
US has one of the oldest governments.
Ewanator
Haha, good one.
avidatheist
I'm being serious. A majority of world governments were formed after america's. The government of the UK for instance is ~80 years younger
Ewanator
The government of the UK slowly formed over hundreds of years. Some argue it began with the magna carta, 1215 AD. Nice try though.
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LordKrondor9000
America with it's current govt and borders is less than 40 years old.
TheThingNoNotThatOne
57, assuming you're going off of Alaska and Hawaii (both US territories prior their statehood
LordKrondor9000
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Río_Rico,_Tamaulipas
maboes
Average age of an empire is 250 years.
HarleyQuinn699
They shouldn't have been in Afghanistan which is a cursed land called the graveyard of empires
atrayyou
The US is not an empire...
BallsackHippo
I was wondering about that, no so long ago, when will the world map will change? There won't be a USA for a thousand years, that pure Sci-fi
deeznuts211
Well, we had a good run.
BallsackHippo
There was also the Dutch East Indies, the German Empire, and dozens of Principality, Duchies and small kingdoms
foxfire1112
These number are essentially irrelevant now. The age of technology has changed everything
ZombieZoidberg
War....War never changes...
Seegl
The most sobering thing I've read in a while
MrRandom314159
But what's the median? The Mode? The Range? What are the first and third quartiles? And can we find the IQR so we can find Outliers?
fatherjokes
Thank you Malcolm Gladwell
iconvincinglybullshhthings
Sick reference bro
BallsackHippo
A hundred years ago, there was the Austro-Hungarian empire, there was also the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire (600years)
Flufftacular
I downvoted this from 251 just for it to be correct. But nice comment
chromm
US wasn't an empire before WWII so we got ~180 years left
misho
The US wasn't really a superpower until WW2… so they might have another century or two left ;-)
Thehandthat
UNTIL? what are you a fucking troglodyte
ArcaneConjecture
We became a superpower when Lee surrendered in 1865. Grant's army was the largest army that had ever existed up until then.
Talmorean
We were a dominate military force circa 1896. IE the Tour de force of our new fleet of dreadnoughts around the world after the S-A War.
Treblaine
If America counts as an empire then so does Russia, China, India, even Canada and the UK to an even greater extent.
Treblaine
Really, an empire is only an empire if there is a single small group exerting non-democratic control over many distinct territories.
Wariyoshi
Technology accelerates history quite a bit. If the Romans had these things they prolly wouldn't have lasted.
alysdair
Instead they had lead poisoning due to the amazing invention of aqueducts.
Mackl3s
Rome disarmed the fuck out of it's subjugated populations. Ancient world was an angsty place though so you always needed a massacre handy.
user82650
Give the romans nukes, see how long they last.
km912
The American empire didn't start till 100s of years after the country was founded. It's debatable when it started but definitely not 1776
EllEzDee
Hundreds of years? You can call it "manifest destiny" in typical American euphemistic fashion, but imperialism = an empire.
carebearsandstares
The start of an empire includes the Pioneers/Founders and Conquest/Expansion phase source "Plato's Republic"
Talmorean
1845, the annexation of Texas, and the Conquest of Mexico.
imaginedear
I was thinking Louisanna Purchase as Empire denotes acquisition of land.
OctopussSevenTwo
Yeah, we've got another century maybe before we become New Canada. I won't be around to have to live with maple syrup overlords luckily.
debunker
As a Canadian, no offense, but we don't want you.
YamatoIouko
But I haven't even sent a dick pic yet. ;)
VioletIntentions
theloneponderer
But do you want our offspring?
debunker
Nah .. we're good at making our own. Not much else to do over the long, cold winter nights.
fatherjokes
That's fine as long as you take Justin Bieber back
VioletIntentions
But leave Celine Dion please.
Cereaza
Well, we've only really been the American Superpower for less than 100 years. So we're good.
LizardEnterprises
It's almost like fanatical worship of a past glories, rather than trying to set out in a new direction, is a recipe for disaster.
Mackl3s
#Brexit
zackofspades
As a 'Murica...its been a damn good run.