How did America (a very young nation) get so far ahead of Europe (a nation thousands of years old) in terms of...

how did America (a very young nation) get so far ahead of Europe (a nation thousands of years old) in terms of wealth/technology/culture?

Lol

Amazing things can happen when you let people be free to choose their own destiny

Inb4 eurofags take the b8

freedom, people with dreams, and winning both world wars man.

America is not a young nation
Remember, a lot of European nations have relatively few natural resources of their own and rely on dominating the resources of other countries to survive.
We start our story at a time where the British Empire was the most powerful force on the planet.

>European Empires develop and support American colonies
>Decimate natives
>Take abundant resources
>American settlers want the resources and the cash, but it is all going to London.
>Time to fuck the British Empire
>Gain independence
>Expand West and gain more resources

So at this point, the USA has lots of resources. But militarily they are not great. They try to establish themselves on the world stage by invading Mexico and Canada with mixed results.

Several years later:
>World War I
>European Economies being driven towards the war
>Huge numbers of adult men die
>Vast sums of cash spent
>Economic ruination for some European nations
>USA was spared these economic woes as they only entered the war after the British Empire had driven the German's back. For them, the war was less taxing

Then Great Depression happened. This hit European Nations hard as their economies had not recovered from the Great War.

>World War II
>Late entry USA
>Entirety of British economy dedicated to waging total war.
>France has fallen
>German inflation out of control
>USA late entry to war as Brit fortunes were turning

Post-war
>Colonised people did not want to be involved in European bullshit
>Independence movements all over the place

The USA have done well because they have large reserves of natural resources, they have avoided financial ruin by not partaking in the most costly periods of war in the last century. They are a contiguous territory with no recent succession disputes. Thus, they are wealthy and stable. This has allowed them to invest in the development of technology and entertainment (which was used as a propaganda tool to influence the world against communism)

Just wondering, how did that astronaut get into space?

Not a a space shuttle, you don't have any anymore.

/help from the ESA maybe?

Seeing as the USA were colonists FROM europe in the beggning this is really biased

Lol not Op, I came in expecting useless retard answers but yours is pretty goood. To be fair though, America had a badass military before WWI in the late 1800's. Lots of imperial conquest that got memory holed.

pretty easy

>war=money

>>cont.

Furthermore, most "American" technological advancements are derived from data/experiments/discoveries/inventions of other nations.

Jet Engine
>Britain
>Italy
>Japan
>Germany

Space travel
>Germany

Radar
>Britain

Medicine
>Germany
>Japan

Internet
>European

The USA have access to money (see my post above). This allows them to purchase rights to technology/inventions and it allows them to invest in their development. If economic growth in France, Germany and Britain was not hampered by two major wars, we would probably see stronger, more influential series of European states (France, Germany, Britain).

As a parting thought, Switzerland is a very wealthy country, most citizens enjoy a very high standard of living. Switzerland's neutrality in war bought them economic stability.

no, nasa pays russia to use their rockets. even now, nasa is ending that relationship and getting into bed with space x. who could resist such charm.

lots of effort for a response in a thread made most likely for shits and giggles, I love it.

There's a lot to be said for starting fresh. The real problem right now is that there is no more Earthly frontier. Without a frontier you're left with trying to make the country Great Again or bring back the glory days of The Empire, or Rome or whatever the fuck instead of concentrating talent and resources on fresh challenges and innovation.

>To be fair though, America had a badass military before WWI in the late 1800's. Lots of imperial conquest that got memory holed

This is correct. But remember, the Empire was at its height at the end of the 19th century. It was only after WWI that the USA expanded its Navy to the point where it rivalled the Royal Navy. This was the time at which the USA was strong enough to potentially defeat the British Empire. Both the Brits and the Americans assumed that some form of negotiated peace would be reached if war broke out between 1920-1939 would ultimately be one where both sides lost.

>better culture/wealth

Pretty much America's greatness was due to unprecedented personal liberty which attracted the best, brightest, and most ambitious people away from Europe.

Even earl on, the adventurous, dissatisfied, and risk takers were the ones to gamble everything on colonizing. Those who were the most successful bred future generations and so on and so forth.

>Europe
>Nation

The Europe will have designated shitting streets by 2030

> Mark my words

the EU is a nation state

no it isn't

There's a difference between the EU and europe.

They're not the same thing bud

ww2

By being populated by Europeans, and then not being fucking ravaged by WW1 and WW2.

>Europe
>Nation

Also America was smart enough not to start massive wars on their own continent. Twice in a quarter century.

Pretty much this. Even a sand nigger could do this if he had such good conditions

also not right:
> America
> Nation

Wars, Murder, Oppression, Demons.

Cos Blerblumminattees.

Raw motherfucking brutality.