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Posted on 6/16/26 at 9:17 pm to kjntgr
Dropping from greatness so far, so fast.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 9:19 pm to Lonnie Utah
Transcontinental Railroad? Possibly
Eisenhour Interstate system? Unfortunately no. This ideas was taken from Germany.
Eisenhour Interstate system? Unfortunately no. This ideas was taken from Germany.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 9:20 pm to kjntgr
America is the greatest American accomplishment.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 10:00 pm to BigNastyTiger417
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Eisenhour Interstate system? Unfortunately no. This ideas was taken from Germany.
Yeah, but we put it into application.
I'd almost argue that more importantly than the transcontinental railroad that the coast to coast telegraph lines that went with it were a huge accomplishment. Before that coast to coast communication was done via horse and rider.
And in fact reading this it occurred to me that the US greatest accomplishment is likely ARPANET in 1969. It was the precursor to the internet as we know it. That truly changed the world.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 10:16 pm to 777Tiger
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for a young country we've got quite an impressive resume, unfortunately it all seems to currently be unraveling at the seams
Elections have consequences.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 10:19 pm to kjntgr
Invention of the airplane.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 10:26 pm to kjntgr
Remaining a country after a civil war.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 12:05 am to kjntgr
Invention of the reverse cowgirl 
Posted on 6/17/26 at 12:39 am to kjntgr
Curry infused corndogs
Posted on 6/17/26 at 12:51 am to kjntgr
Winning WW2 and making allies from former enemies.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 12:59 am to BigNastyTiger417
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This ideas was taken from Germany.
So were the Atomic bomb and the rockets used to send Americans to the moon.
This post was edited on 6/17/26 at 3:58 am
Posted on 6/17/26 at 1:06 am to kjntgr
It’s the Declaration of Independence.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 4:15 am to redstick13
Wrong. Germany split the atom first. They did not create the first Atomic Bomb.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 5:25 am to kjntgr
I’m pretty sure in 500 years, historians will say that this was the high water mark of the USA:
Posted on 6/17/26 at 6:04 am to kjntgr
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Landing a man on the moon, or the development of nuclear weapons, or something else?
I think WW2 in its entirety, in addition to arming Britain, Russia, and most of the Asian Japanese atagonists, the output of American industry was borderline unbelievable.
When Japan attacked Pearl Japan had 6 fleet carriers and 4 light carriers. The United States had 7 fleet carriers and 1 old training support carrier.
At war's end we had 28 fleet carriers with over 100 total carriers capable of launching and recovering aircraft.
100+
Japan had 4 usable carriers at wars end.
At peak war production rates we were building 260 combat aircraft PER DAY.
This post was edited on 6/17/26 at 6:12 am
Posted on 6/17/26 at 6:40 am to Strannix
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At peak war production rates we were building 260 combat aircraft PER DAY.
This is really mind boggiling. We couldnt do 5% of that today with all the DEI contractors involved in the gov't pipeline.
Posted on 6/17/26 at 6:53 am to Lonnie Utah
I would add to that, the building and opening of the Erie Canal. It basically Kickstart the explosive industrial growth that the US starts to have in the late 1820s
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