I doubt that, a lot. I sincerely doubt that. If nothing else, the sheer size of the USA relative to them would make that difficult.

Now, if you mean GDP per capita, I might buy that. But thats not what you claimed

and north america beats europe so...

Seriously? Ireland and "old wealth?" Do you know the history of Ireland? For centuries the Irish were controlled by the British. The only rich families allowed were protestant (who either moved to Britain or Northern Ireland after Irish independence) or British. Ireland is not a nation of extensive "old money."

Secondly, if its their economic system, then isn't that the point. If their economic system is producing better per captia GDPs then the US one then shouldn't the US shut up about our system being the "best."

Don't get me wrong, I think a lot of things are right about the US. Checks and balances in government are much more extensive in the US than many European countries for one thing. But Americans in general need to get off their high horse that we're the best at everything. I would vastly prefer basically all Western European economic and political systems to the Soviet Union, but in its heyday the Soviet Union was still a super-power while no Western European country could match it. I'll grant you that the Soviet Union did fall...but there is no assurance that the US won't fall one day or will maintain sole super-power status for to many more years.

The main problem with thinking we're the best at everything is that we ignore good ideas from other countries. The US has a lot to learn from other nations just as much as they have to learn from us. No nation will get everything right and acting like your nation has will only lead to its eventual collapse. As a US citizen I'd rather the US not collapse and thus I try to keep an open mind.

Does this mean to adopt something soley because its new or foreign? Of course not! That's as ridiculous as refusing to adopt something for those reasons. But in several arenas Europe does better than the US.

European public education seems to be better at educating European children so perhaps there are ideas from their system worth adopting.

Many European nations scored higher than the US in a happiness survey, so further research ought to be done as to why that is.

Europeans have multi-party systems which force a decrease in partisanship and give the citizens of those countries more choices. We'd obviously have to implement the system better than Italy for instance, but Germany and the UK both have robust, working multi-party systems.

I didn't cover what I think Europe can learn from the US because my point was that the US doesn't have everything perfect. If you REALLY demand it I'll cover the other side of the coin but right now its too late and I'm too tired.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29

By the way Europe an EU is not the same thing. Norway is not in the EU but they still manage to stay European. Where is those continental drifts when you need them? Damn!

And yes of course i meant GDP per capita before.
Breaking news! Guinness found to generate unlimited energy! Ireland outproduces USA!

And by the way Norway and Ireland are on top on the HDI as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index#Top_thirty_countries_.28HDI_range_from_0.965_down_to_0.885.29

Being that America was built by the two ethnic groups I belong to and the rest of you just came along for the ride!

(Irish & Italian)

There are really only a few different groups of people in the world and they are as follows

1. Irishmen and Italians
2. Those that wish they were Irish or Italian
3. Those that are lucky enough to marry an Irishmen or Italian
4. Those who lack the intelligence to care

The end!
   

Did you know that some wiseguy made alcohol and gave it to the Irish so that they would not rule the world?

And that when you look at history, you can see that Italy was a mighty empire before, streching from west France to north England, and in Egypt to the south and to India in the east. Now Italy is just the country the size when it first was under one rule, before they began to expand.

By the way, im GreatAssEmperor, im new here in this forum.

Again? Man that seems to be happening to you alot as of late!

Lay off the bean burritos TGE...your farts are getting profiles on the forum   .

As usual the irony and hypocrisy of your words knows no bounds... precisely what would I or anyone else have to be jealous of YOU about? Yet long after I stop talking about you, you bitterly continue to throw these cheap insults at me... sounds like you are in fact jealous of me... for I could truly care less about you. Notice that when you're not around I say nothing about you... do not mention your name... do not wonder where you are... you bore me. No doubt you'll rebut with some comment about how how small your penis is and how desperately you want someone to say nice things about you... or how badly you want someone... anyone to be your friend... but you're not worth the attention. You lack the wit, the creativity, the knowledge, and/or the personality to be worth talking to about anything. You are neither useful or interesting enough to warrant anyone's attention.

*yawn... goes back to sleep*


Love and peace, Karmashock.

Reminds me of the Jersey Devil, say his name 3 times and he will come to you... and not in a nice way!

Some threads have a life of their own, above and beyond any they have a right to have. They crawl back, time and time again, unkillable and unslain. Monstrous zombies shambling across the landscape of the forum, bringing terror and disgust to all who see them as decayed parts fall of its rotting "corpse".

The biggest joke about Karma and Schem is how much time they waste commenting on your dead thread!

*divines away TGE's finger*

now go sit in a corner, you can have your finger back when you feel like behaving.