[quidnunc]

kipita wrote: Some would say the decline of Europe started in the 1940s, about the same time as America started to dominate. I wonder why???

The US was the only major power to emerge from WWII with its infrastructure and economy intact..

[ClearCase_guy]

The US was the only major power to emerge from WWII with its infrastructure and economy intact.

A true statement.

It is also true that the US rebuilt Japan and Germany and sheltered all of Europe from normal costs of Defense for over 50 decades.

Japan recovered to such a great extent that in the 1980's we thought they were going to eat our lunch.

But Europe never recovered to such an extent. It wasn't the War that carried her off. It was the socialist coffin they carried her off in.

[liberty2004]

The US was the only major power to emerge from WWII with its infrastructure and economy intact..

Japan was devastated, yet they are totally socialist. The War isn't a factor. The main factor is people get elected to government and impose socialism upon their citizens. They purposely choke capitalism and dumb down their populace. Low birth rates are due to high taxes and feminism. The left in American can't wait to send us down the same road. The left is quite strong around the world. I don't seen many social programs being reduced anywhere in the world. I don't seen government being rolled back anywhere. The left will destroy this Republic, unless we destroy the left first.