The World without America

I found this paragraph of particular interest:

The United States created an environment in which inventive minds had access to easy credit, a willing market and the freedom to dream and create without fear of prosecution or recrimination.

Is this still true? And what s missing form this description? The openness to outsiders that also made America attractive. This, we know has changed.

clipped from news.bbc.co.uk I am happy to report to you that the Oxford Union, in its infinite wisdom, has allowed America to continue existing. After a raucous debate in front of a packed house, the motion - "this House regrets the Founding of America" - was overwhelmingly squashed. But what music would we be listening to on our iPods? Would it be German marching songs or Russian ballads? Would we even have an iPod? So much for iPods... what about ideas? How different would the world be without the Bill of Rights? What about Thomas Jefferson? The list goes on and on (and I apologise for any omissions): Thomas Edison, who had 1,093 patents for inventions in his name; Henry Ford; the Wright brothers; Bill Gates; the Boeing corporation; Desperate Housewives; The Sopranos and, of course, SpongeBob SquarePants. The United States created an environment in which inventive minds had access to easy credit, a willing market and the freedom to dream and create without fear of prosecution or recrimination.