The reason why businesses do so well in the US is that, even now, its an incredibly strong economy. Its why China focuses on catering to the US instead of to its own people. Yes, corporations will push for maximizing profit to an extent, but ultimately they have a massive incentive to keep the US stable.
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The more money you have, the more you can buy. So the more people with money to spend in the US, the more companies make. A company profits more from richer countries than poorer countries, which again is why China caters to the US. So the rich don't want to keep the poor poor, its just that such economic disparity is a side effect of economic growth in the upper class.
In fact as far as I'm aware the UK is the only european nation that outright bans guns for civilians.This is why people ban guns. Gun supporters don't know what guns are.Shotguns I'll give you (provided you're allowed 12 and larger gauges... because I mean... come on...) but not .22s.
I think it's also the consumer culture here in the US, we have the best consumer culture in the world in that people will buy almost anything given little reason to, when compared to other countries.Not all countries celebrate Christmas and thanksgiving or birthdays the way america does where they buy gifts for themselves and other people ...and they have to get something which drives sales of useless things too.The reason why businesses do so well in the US is that, even now, its an incredibly strong economy. Its why China focuses on catering to the US instead of to its own people. Yes, corporations will push for maximizing profit to an extent, but ultimately they have a massive incentive to keep the US stable.
People here eat out alot too, people going out whole families at a time even to fast food joints, to celebrate anything from anniversaries to birthday parties really helps restaurants, and once customers are out of the house , it makes it more likely they will go shopping at other places along the way.They could just stay home and cook, or invite friends over instead, but they instead go out alot.
There are several examples,but my conculsuion is that america has one of the best customers in the world.
In fact as far as I'm aware the UK is the only european nation that outright bans guns for civilians.This is why people ban guns. Gun supporters don't know what guns are.Shotguns I'll give you (provided you're allowed 12 and larger gauges... because I mean... come on...) but not .22s.
From my experience, especially given my own country, the amount of consumerism is related only somewhat to the overall mentality and far more to do with the surplus. If people have the money to spend, and no specific views preventing them from doing so, they will spend to their hearts content. You need only look at history and things such as Rome to know that people will be greedy spenders outside of things such as the influence of advertising in the media.
You respect Sweden's neutrality more than Switzerland's during WW2?
Switzerland's involvement was confined to purchasing gold from the German government. I'm not sure there was even any awareness where that gold came from apart from plunder in foreign central banks.
SWEDEN decided to allow Germany to use their land and railways to transport troops and materiel from Norway to Finland. They exported huge quantities of raw material to Germany.
They provided assistance to the Allies too.
Is playing both sides considered "neutral" nowadays?
IDK when you're only providing assistance in so far as it keeps your people intact I can see the argument that you're being neutral to the best of your ability.
Denial of facts so typical of the far right. You can hate liberals as much as you want but FACTS are FACTS.
http://www.davemanuel.com/history-of...ted-states.php
check those clinton years and you will see SURPLUS written on the last few of them You will if you also looked hard find that Obama is the most fiscal conservative president in the history of the country ( not a good thing since we could use more stimulus for sure to get out of the rut we are in from the GOP)