Reply #74: These threads are always silly... [View All]

[Sufi Marmot]

It's ridiculous to argue whether "the world" is better off or not, as "the world" is just a collective noun for a large number of individual people. Since its founding, many people were/are better off for the actions of both the American government and individual Americian citizens, other persons were/are not. You can make up a long list for either side of the argument. Plus, you can't ever predict history and know for sure whether more people would have suffered in the absence of America than from its presence... :shrug:


-SM