Quote Originally Posted by Krugminator2 View Post
The United States is the most successful experiment in human history. It is not a slave state. The United States invented freedom. Slavery was a short term aberration that occurred for political reasons. Civilization did not exist in human history until the United States was founded. People lived short brutal lives before the founding of the United States. The average lifespan was 35 in 1776. The countries that are successful today basically copied the US. The ones that don't copy the US live like it is 1776 still.
That's not remotely true..

It's correct to say that the state is necessary for civilization, of course, but that long precedes the US.

The United States was in many respect a sign of decline.

The apex of civilization appeared in Europe in the late 18th century (it wasn't democratic).