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Do you believe in the American exceptionalism
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Wow. What about the Roman Empire?
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They don't count. They didn't believe in FRREEEEEEEEEDUMMMMMMMM
warpus
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What have the Romans ever done for us?
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The sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, and peace.
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The Romans didn't do as much, sorry...
Let's just take this little idea... I can talk to you, anywhere in the world, instantly... I can fly to see you in a matter of hours... I can nuke you in about the same period of time... or I can take pictures of you from space...
The Romans were amazing, but their inventions were, while hugely important, not as incredible.
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I think that Roman inventions were quite groundbreaking at that time, and Romans thought that those inventions were just as incredible than what for example Internet is for us. Also scientific advances aren't IMO a really good way to measure the achievements of a nation.
The sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, and peace.
Right, but America brought the world such innovations as Jersey Shore, and I think we can all agree that all of those paltry developments pale in comparison to The Situation.
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The Romans were quite important. We inherited out legal system from them, for starters. Dismissing the Roman importance in civilization as 'not doing much' is (insert selection of words that if I were to say them, would probably constitute a personal attack but I can't figure out a better way to phrase it.)
warpus
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The sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh-water system, and public health, and peace.
Well yeah, but I mean aside from all of that!
CaptainF
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Right. Language, culture, art, politics, all those things pale in comparison to technology! Much of which we didn't even invent.
Gogf
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Britain.
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Invented Democracy
Y'all don't really think you did that, do you?
Mr. Dictator
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That's like saying the summit is more important than the mountain.
Except the mountain is still growing, and faster than ever. The Romans, the Greeks, the Egyptians, Mesopotamians, Chinese, Indians, Italians, etc, all make up the layers of the mountain. The Americans are one of the more recent additions to this mountain, and, given their preeminence in the world at this point and in the last 80-100 years, the most directly relevant to the future.
Ziggy Stardust
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I'm pretty sure I can do those things as well.
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Indisputable proof we are exceptional!
*Note that the Mexican attributes his weight gain to the sedentary lifestyle habits he acquired while living in the USA!
*Note that the Mexican attributes his weight gain to the sedentary lifestyle habits he acquired while living in the USA!
That's genuinely hilarious. The Roman Empire has already been mentioned and the British Empire stands in awe of their little colony doing some amazing things. I'm sure that people can come up with several other contenders for that most hyperbolic of statements.
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