I think America is the reason we have the modern world

I’m not American but I realise that it played a major part and everything good we have today.

The U.S. really did reshape the modern world in countless ways:
• The entire entertainment industry as we know it? Hollywood, television, popular music genres (jazz, rock, hip-hop), global streaming platforms—born in the U.S.
• The digital revolution? Internet, smartphones, social media, software, even the chips powering AI—massively U.S.-driven.
• Mass production, aviation, space travel, and modern medicine? Again, America pushed those into reality faster than anyone else.

That said… Europe has its own contributions too. Philosophy, classical music, Renaissance art, Enlightenment science, etc. But if we’re talking about the world we live in today—the pace, the tools, the culture—it’s hard to argue against America being the engine of the modern age.

It’s not about tearing Europe down—it’s just facts: The 20th and 21st centuries were powered by American invention, innovation, and influence.

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Hopelandia · M

LOL!

Nobody's denying the U.S. has been a powerhouse, especially in the 20th century.

Hollywood? Yep, that's their jam.

Pop music? Absolutely.

The internet and smartphones? Massive U.S. contributions, no doubt (except that the internet itself was invented by a Brit, but details details) .

And sure, mass production got a serious American glow-up, and they definitely won the space race (which btw was a race cos there were other horses in it).

But to suggest the entire modern world springs solely from American ingenuity is.. well like saying a skyscraper was built only by the guy who put the flagpole on top.

Let's not forget the entire intellectual and scientific foundation laid by, oh, I don't know, a few centuries of European thought??? Think philosophy, democracy, the scientific method, and pretty much all the fundamental physics and chemistry that makes those fancy chips even possible.

The Industrial Revolution? Started in Britain, not Boston.

Germ theory? European.

Calculus? Also European.

So while America certainly turbocharged the 20th and 21st centuries, let's dial back the "everything good" rhetoric. The modern world is a glorious, messy tapestry woven from threads of innovation from every corner of the globe. Giving all the credit to one country, no matter how influential, isn't "facts" it's just an extremely narrow worldview.

That is all

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Hopelandia · M

@Ferise1 And we're back again. The fact remains, America was founded by Europe, by Europeans, for Europeans. So was Australia. You're European. So is America.

Although, I will say that America truly is the greatest country in the world because no other country could have had the ingenuity, innovation and truly genius level wherewithal to land man on the Moon. So I will give them that.

Ferise1 · 46-50, M

@Hopelandia yes we’re back again! It’s the same kind of people! They were Americans they just didn’t know it yet.

Hopelandia · M

@Ferise1 So basically anyone, anywhere, who has been judged to have succeeded in life, is actually American? America is so great! I mean, they landed on the MOON man!!

Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M

The here was a lot of innovation in Europe
The cinema for example
Aviation too!
A French man developed the card chip
And much more
American was mostly populated by European immigrants
French engineers are a big part of people working in the US too!

Ferise1 · 46-50, M

@Strictmichael75 really? I thought it was a coincidence that américains and Europeans looked the same

meJess · F

Would that be European Americans, African Americans or Latin Americans? Guessing you are not referring to Native Americans.

Ferise1 · 46-50, M

@meJess if you don’t know the answer I can’t help you

meJess · F

@Ferise1 it’s your post, who are you referring to?

DanielsASJ · 36-40, M

North America Europe and South America

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DanielsASJ · 36-40, M

@Ferise1 I agree with you on the concept but it is totally different when you are in South America. Their 5 + 2 when I visited South American continent was as if there would be no 5 ever after the 2 of 5+2. I hope you understand.

Ferise1 · 46-50, M

@DanielsASJ no I really don’t 😂

Strictmichael75 · 61-69, M

@Ferise1 He can be credited with the assembly line for mass production

Bumbles · 51-55, M

After WW2 American culture dominated as its economy was supercharged and dominant.

JamesBugman

Don't pump them up too much, they already think they own the world, which they don't. They have races catching up and passing them faster than they can control.
Now they have an insane criminal madman driving them, running them all off a cliff. Nothing to be proud of there.

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