So, we can "rise again" by fixing some nit-picky things like filling potholes and giving California (a bankrupt entity) more US Representatives. Thanks for the tips. Actually, the roads around where I live are pretty good.
the absolute pillars of American strength: continued openness to immigration, and a continued concentration of universities that people around the world want to attend.
Whatever you think of immigration, there's really a logical problem with the above thought. America is a place that consists of people, who are solely responsible for America's greatness...NOT theoretical future inflows of other people. His assertion can't be tested. It's a guess, no different than saying: "My upcoming policy of betting red on the roulette wheel is the source of my wealth. Because it worked before."
China and India are the countries on the ascendancy right now [1] and they are not rapidly replacing themselves with other nations, and would probably not appreciate the suggestion that doing so would be the "pillar" of their strength. This writer, of course, had to say it because it's ideologically required thinking.
[1] The US's ascendancy can be roughly marked from 1920 to 1965, a period of very low immigration.
the absolute pillars of American strength: continued openness to immigration, and a continued concentration of universities that people around the world want to attend.
Whatever you think of immigration, there's really a logical problem with the above thought. America is a place that consists of people, who are solely responsible for America's greatness...NOT theoretical future inflows of other people. His assertion can't be tested. It's a guess, no different than saying: "My upcoming policy of betting red on the roulette wheel is the source of my wealth. Because it worked before."
China and India are the countries on the ascendancy right now [1] and they are not rapidly replacing themselves with other nations, and would probably not appreciate the suggestion that doing so would be the "pillar" of their strength. This writer, of course, had to say it because it's ideologically required thinking.
[1] The US's ascendancy can be roughly marked from 1920 to 1965, a period of very low immigration.