A quick excerpt from, again, Michael Moore's (Stupid White Men) - but that'll be the last. And it brings up a discussion point below. He places the US among the top 20 industrialized nations.
"We're #1 in per capita energy use
#1 per capita municipal waste generated
#1 per capita carbon dioxide emissions
#1 in lowest voter turnout (that may soon change)
#1 in likelihood of children under the age of 15 to die from gunfire
#1 in daily per capita consumption of calories"
And for the backers of 'small government'...
"#1 in the least amount of tax revenue generated (as a percentage of gross domestic product)
#1 in least amount of federal and state government expenditure (as a percentage of GDP)"
My point is, the US is used to being in a league of its own. What happens when it no longer is the most important country on this planet? It soon won't be the biggest market anymore (China) - still, I doubt that the US is psychologically equipped to deal with this sort of rejection or indifference.
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