So, most nations are made up of the people living in a particular place, relative to where rivers or ancient agreements set boundaries. Look around the entire world... that’s true of just about every country.
Except the US.
The United States is the only country on earth that is composed primarily of people who came here specifically. And what is interesting is that it generally creates an amazing constant. People who left their homeland to come to the US... they aren’t the scared type, or the afraid to make change type, or the afraid to work and sacrifice to improve life for their family. In fact, they are usually the opposite; people willing to take a chance, literally risk their lives, to improve their situation.
That makes the United States really unique in the world. Outside of a maybe one or two specific groups, our country (for the Americans here) is basically built on people who were willing to take a chance and take a risk and to work hard to get somewhere, to achieve for their family.
If you look at how young the US is compared to the rest of the world, but the relative accomplishments of it, this type of person is why we are what we are.
Anyway... I think it’s a really interesting, and unique, feature of the United States.
Except the US.
The United States is the only country on earth that is composed primarily of people who came here specifically. And what is interesting is that it generally creates an amazing constant. People who left their homeland to come to the US... they aren’t the scared type, or the afraid to make change type, or the afraid to work and sacrifice to improve life for their family. In fact, they are usually the opposite; people willing to take a chance, literally risk their lives, to improve their situation.
That makes the United States really unique in the world. Outside of a maybe one or two specific groups, our country (for the Americans here) is basically built on people who were willing to take a chance and take a risk and to work hard to get somewhere, to achieve for their family.
If you look at how young the US is compared to the rest of the world, but the relative accomplishments of it, this type of person is why we are what we are.
Anyway... I think it’s a really interesting, and unique, feature of the United States.