America is the GOAT

[Burgold]

Umm, ok, native people-cheated, murdered, driven from their homes...African natives kiddnapped and enslaved for over two hundred years and lynched for a hundred more, yep great country!!

[nonniey]

Originally Posted by Burgold

Umm, ok, native people-cheated, murdered, driven from their homes...African natives kiddnapped and enslaved for over two hundred years and lynched for a hundred more, yep great country!!

Depends on your definition of great doesn't it? If perfect is your definition of great, which it seems to be, there have been no great countries, empires or civilizations and never will be.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Burgold

Umm, ok, native people-cheated, murdered, driven from their homes...African natives kiddnapped and enslaved for over two hundred years and lynched for a hundred more, yep great country!!

Lol. So true. It isn’t the worst country in the world that is for sure. Not the greatest either. Too many loud, proud, macho, paranoid, angry yahoos running around these days too - on top of our very shady roots. Definitely not cool.

[nonniey]

Originally Posted by punch it in

Lol. So true. It isn’t the worst country in the world that is for sure. Not the greatest either. Too many loud, proud, macho, paranoid, angry yahoos running around these days too - on top of our very shady roots. Definitely not cool.

Whichever country is the most influential and powerful in the world at any given time is the greatest country in the world. Right now that is us. China is making moves to replace us. Now the greatest of all time? I would say we are in the running along with Rome, Britain and China.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by nonniey

Whichever country is the most influential and powerful in the world at any given time is the greatest country in the world. Right now that is us. China is making moves to replace us. Now the greatest of all time? I would say we are in the running along with Rome, Britain and China.

That is your opinion of what makes a country great, and from the sound of it it doesn’t matter how they become the most influential or powerful. China is a communist cesspool of human rights atrocities. I dont care how fucking influential or powerful they are - they can never be great. I mean I guess Nazi Germany was in the conversation for a wee bit and could have been the greatest of all time if things went down a different path? Power and influence isn’t my idea of great. Apply that logic to men and women through history. Pontius Pilate crucified Jesus Christ. He obviously wielded more power doesn’t make him greater. Great people have been shunned, oppressed, and killed by powerful influential mother fuckers since the dawn of man.

[nonniey]

Originally Posted by punch it in

That is your opinion of what makes a country great, and from the sound of it it doesn’t matter how they become the most influential or powerful. China is a communist cesspool of human rights atrocities. I dont care how fucking influential or powerful they are - they can never be great. I mean I guess Nazi Germany was in the conversation for a wee bit and could have been the greatest of all time if things went down a different path? Power and influence isn’t my idea of great. Apply that logic to men and women through history. Pontius Pilate crucified Jesus Christ. He obviously wielded more power doesn’t make him greater. Great people have been shunned, oppressed, and killed by powerful influential mother fuckers since the dawn of man.

My definition is how they influence the rest of the world currently and in posterity. Nazi Germany was never in the running as they had zero influence on posterity. China is in the running and I think if they win out on this it will be a dark future. I prefer the good guys win out on this and I believe we are the good guys (But then I'm biased).

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by nonniey

My definition is how they influence the rest of the world currently and in posterity. Nazi Germany was never in the running as they had zero influence on posterity. China is in the running and I think if they win out on this it will be a dark future. I prefer the good guys win out on this and I believe we are the good guys (But then I'm biased).

“Whichever country is the most influential and powerful in the world at any given time is the greatest “ - your words. I stand by my conviction that is bologna. Thank God Nazi Germany did not win the war, but they were in the running to be the greatest country of all time decades ago, and had they won they certainly would have influenced posterity obviously. But guess what? That Wouldn’t make them great. Far from it actually. Just like China - whatever the future holds for them. Because, again, power and influence doesn’t equal greatness.

[nonniey]

Originally Posted by Burgold

Umm, ok, native people-cheated, murdered, driven from their homes...African natives kiddnapped and enslaved for over two hundred years and lynched for a hundred more, yep great country!!

Are you taking a break from the DU light (ie Tailgate) echo chamber (which a certain mod turned it into)?

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by nonniey

Taking a break from the DU light (ie Tailgate) echo chamber (which a certain mod turned it into)?

You must have this board confused with other boards. Stop being divisive. Nobody is censoring your opinions are they?
I think you are a pretty intelligent insightful dude, don’t start accusing mods of being thought police. Not here. Because they aren’t.

[nonniey]

Originally Posted by punch it in

You must have this board confused with other boards. Stop being divisive. Nobody is censoring your opinions are they?
I think you are a pretty intelligent insightful dude, don’t start accusing mods of being thought police. Not here. Because they aren’t.

You misread that - it was a question for Burgold. I edited it to make it more clear that it was a question (added - Are you......). I asked if he was taking a break from another board that is now DU light, I wasn't calling this forum DU light.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Burgold

Umm, ok, native people-cheated, murdered, driven from their homes...African natives kiddnapped and enslaved for over two hundred years and lynched for a hundred more, yep great country!!

LOL, how old are you? That is the argument of an ignorant teenager.