The United States is the only great power in history that has never had to worry about invasion across its land borders from another great power. Mexico and Canada are not threatening to invade. This gives Americans a kind of strategic luxury that no other great power has ever had.
The really revolutionary thing about America is not Silicon Valley. It's the combination of the Protestant ethic, the work ethic, the moral framework, and the technological dynamism. You get God and Gold and Silicon all working together, and that's what makes it so powerful.
The interesting thing about the United States is that it has this capacity for self-renewal that keeps surprising people. Every generation, people think America is finished, and every generation, America comes back stronger than before.
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