Southeast Asia and South Asia Business Exchanges Why has the United States been so strong?

Sending this article is by no means to say that America is good! On the contrary, China also has many good aspects! A country's historical traditions and systems have their own advantages and disadvantages. What we have to do is to reflect and learn from it!

The United States is a country that was founded more than 200 years ago, but it came from behind, surpassing European powers such as Britain, France and Russia, which entered the modern industrial revolution earlier than it, and even left behind our proud ancient civilization with a history of 5,000 years. Are there any other reasons besides historical and geographical factors?

0 1, American civic awareness

Human rights are more important than sovereignty;

Freedom is more practical than patriotism;

The law is more reliable than the president;

People's livelihood is more in line with needs than politics;

Education can make people see hope.

Citizens criticize the government.

Criticize its policies,

Is patriotism.

02. A country ruled by law

In the United States, new immigrants must take a civic knowledge test. One of the questions is:

"The United States is a country ruled by law. What does this mean? "

Almost all China people's answer is:

Citizens must obey the law.

But the standard answer given by the United States is:

The government must obey the law.

The reason why the United States is a country ruled by law is that it requires every citizen to exercise supervision over the government to ensure that the power of the government is restricted!

03. Freedom of speech

In the United States, any organization or individual can run newspapers or other media freely, except the government. The constitution of the United States does not allow it.

Why is this?

The United States allows all kinds of strange ideas, all kinds of seemingly absurd ideas and all kinds of opposing voices, but it does not allow power to control public opinion, power to dominate ideas, and a few people to control the thoughts of the whole society. I think this is the basic reason for the success and prosperity of America.

Freedom of speech in the United States protects all ordinary people, not public figures. You can call the president anything, but you will be severely punished for insulting ordinary people and causing practical harm to them.

04. What do American children learn in the first class?

When Hu Shi was studying at Cornell University in the United States, it coincided with the first lesson of primary school freshmen.

He ran to eavesdrop. The content of the whole class is that primary school students repeat their vows after the teacher:

"I promise to use my critical ability,

I promise to develop my independent thinking,

I promised to get an education,

So you can make your own judgment. "

Jefferson, the third president of the United States, personally wrote this oath for American students.

05. Strength

Martin Luther King, the famous American black civil rights leader, said:

"The prosperity of a country,

Not dependent on the wealth of the state treasury,

Does not depend on the strength of the castle,

Nor does it depend on the magnificence of its public facilities;

But in civil civilization,

That is, human education,

People's vision and character,

This is a real bet,

The real power lies in. "

06, public * * * property

American houses are not only permanent property rights, but also the land within 800 meters of the house belongs to the owner. Only above a certain height does the sky belong to the country. If oil or other minerals are found below 800 meters, these resources belong to the owner.

07, warm

There is a heavy snow underground in the United States, and the school requires all students to go to school. Some parents object. The school said it was for poor children without heating. They have at least heating and hot soup when they go to school.

Parents said, then let those children go to school. Why are they all going?

The school said: this is to maintain their self-esteem.

08, remains

More than 30 years later, the United States is still looking for the remains of American soldiers missing in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos.

The United States "dug three feet" to find the remains of the fallen soldiers in Asia, just to fulfill the promise of "letting everyone go home."

This work has never stopped.

Anyone who finds the remains of the dead American soldiers can get $250,000 to help apply for immigration to the United States.

Who can defeat such a country?

The remains of tens of thousands of soldiers of our Yunnan-Burma Expeditionary Force have rotted in foreign countries.

09.equality

Endless white tombstones in Arlington National Cemetery, USA;

The general is connected with the soldiers and dies equally.

Babaoshan cemetery:

Up the wall to the division level, into the room to the legion level!

10, the United States is a strong singer.

The United States is the most eager country in the world to blow its own horn.

Intellectuals and the media almost always stand on the opposite side of the government.

-bad singing system, bad singing policy and bad singing government.

After World War II, there have been at least eight discussions about self-deprecation in the United States, and each time the internal defects of the United States have been turned upside down.

Fortunately, American leaders always listen carefully and constantly correct themselves, so as to improve themselves through self-mockery.

1 1, the internal affairs of other countries

1994, Rwandan tribal vendetta, 800,000 people were killed.

The United States was reviled by African countries for not intervening in time;

"Are the lives of hundreds of American soldiers more important than the lives of hundreds of thousands of black people?"

As a result, President Clinton went to Rwanda to apologize and make amends.

America didn't kill anyone. What is wrong with the United States not interfering in other countries' internal affairs?

Because, you have the ability to stop the crime, but you didn't stop the crime in time, which is a crime!

12, weapons

The constitutional basis of gun freedom in the United States.

179 1 15 The full text of the second amendment to the US Constitution promulgated in February is as follows: "A well-disciplined militia is necessary to ensure the security of a free state, so the people's right to hold and carry weapons shall not be violated."

Americans firmly believe that no government can be trusted. They prefer to rely on themselves for everything, and having a gun in their hands will make them feel more powerful.

13, civil servants

In the United States, only 3% of college students are willing to apply for civil servants;

In China, 76.5% of college students are willing to apply for civil service!

Medvedev said that young people in a country are vying to be civil servants, which shows that corruption in this country is already very serious.

14, salary

Germany, which ranks first in the world in terms of per capita hourly wage, is about $30; The second place is the United States, about $22. China ranks last in the world at $0.80 per hour.

However, we rank first, that is, the average working hours in China are as high as 2,200 hours a year, while in the United States, it is only 1, 6 10 hours. Larry H.P. Lang

15 Mayor new york crowded the subway every day.

Since taking office in 200 1, Bloomberg, the mayor of new york, has been re-elected for three terms with an annual salary of one yuan (he is an American billionaire worth over ten billion dollars, and the annual salary of the mayor is only 1 dollar). He goes to work by subway every day, and no one often gives him his seat in the crowded subway, so he can only stand for half an hour. He also ordered the cancellation of 78% government-owned cars in new york.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (retired) also received a symbolic dollar, but China people are not sure.

16, American nail house

There is a nail house in Seattle, USA: it defeated the developer.

There is only a small house of more than 90 square meters, which costs several million yuan several times the market price, but the 80-year-old owner refuses to move. Finally, the developer had to surround her small house on three sides and build a sunken five-story commercial building.

Not only that, she was alone, but also became lifelong friends with Martin, the project director of the commercial building, and left the house to Martin after her death.

17, protest

At that time, US President Bill Clinton gave a speech at Peking University and entered the question-and-answer session. Some students ask questions:

"President Clinton, the last time our chairman visited the United States, someone protested outside. What would you think if someone protested outside this auditorium today? "

President Clinton smiled and replied, "In fact, I have often been protested by the American people. My job is to listen to the protesters and then help them solve their problems. "

18, revealing the difference between beggars in the United States and China.

Beggars in China are mainly children, the disabled, women and the elderly, and there are few young people. American beggars are mainly young and middle-aged, and few are old, weak and sick.

This shows that beggars in America are mainly lazy; Beggars in China are mainly poor.

The American government does not raise lazy people, but takes care of the old, the weak and the sick. China government keeps lazy people, but many old, weak, sick and disabled people have to leave their homes and make a living on the streets of the city.

19. Brother Obama: I don't need my brother's help.

The British "Daily Mail" reported that George, the half-brother of US President Barack Obama, first appeared in public view in 2008, when he lived in a slum in Kenya, which attracted some criticisms of Obama's lack of help. In a documentary clip disclosed yesterday, George said that he was an adult and didn't need Obama's care. He also said that Obama took care of the world, which means he took care of him.

20 10 On June 4th, Obama went to Alabama to inspect the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. These people are too arrogant to give up their seats!

It's a shame that Obama drinks beer with unemployed construction workers! Just a plate of dried radish? !

Universal values

During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, American missionary Midler came to China. He saw all kinds of incredible sufferings, and then made a diagnosis: what China needs most is not modern science and technology, but basic civilization.

The so-called basic civilization refers to the spirit of contract, the awareness of rights, and the understanding of democratic politics and individual freedom. These things are now called universal values, which means that unless you are still a barbarian, everyone should understand.

2 1, treat history

Reading American history textbooks, you will find that the more humiliating things are, the more detailed they are, such as discrimination against blacks, the Great Depression and the abuse of Chinese workers, but there are not many paragraphs describing their "great achievements".

It turns out that Americans are reminding the next generation of their dirty clothes that they will never make the same mistake again. All history is contemporary history. If we give history plastic surgery, it will make reality stiff, make the future pale, make future generations dull, and the most terrible thing is that domestic scandals may reappear!

22. school bus

When Hummer meets American school bus! The protection of children's life safety in the United States is maximized. The school bus has bright colors and the strongest sense of design. When students leave school, all vehicles must stop unconditionally and let the children go first. This is the law. Their idea is to protect children's safety like the president, because you don't know which of these children who cross the street will become the future president of the United States.

23, civil war can't be called a war of liberation!

The United States also had a civil war-the Civil War, but they soon realized that it was not a question of how many soldiers died in the south, but a question of how many soldiers died in the north. Instead, people died first, and then Americans died!

However, what about us?

24. China poses no threat to the United States.

Friedman, the Nobel laureate in economics, wrote in his book: Don't worry about China stealing American technology, because the United States can invent new technologies faster; What we should be most worried about is that China has stolen the American Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and other things that represent American values. When China began to copy these things, it was the beginning of China's real strength, which would pose a real threat to the United States.