What Makes America Different?

What Makes America Different?

Is America really that great? Or is the United States just like any other nation? Outsiders tend to be the best judge of character, and Nick Adams, a best-selling Australian author and political commentator, gives an outsider's view of the USA. Donate today to PragerU: http://l.prageru.com/2eB2p0h Check out Nick's newest book, "Retaking America: Crushing Political Correctness." https://goo.gl/qVL7jx Do you shop on Amazon? Now you can feel even better about it! Click http://ift.tt/1AAABvO a percentage of every Amazon purchase will be donated to PragerU. Same great products. Same low price. Charity made simple. Visit us directly! https://www.prageru.com You can support PragerU by clicking http://ift.tt/1kTIUm0 videos are great, but to continue producing high-quality content, contributions -- even small ones -- are greater. LIKE us! http://ift.tt/R8ZQWT Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/prageru Instagram: http://ift.tt/1PGD6Ia If you are an educator and are interested in using material like this in your classroom, click http://ift.tt/1kTIUm2 If you'd like to learn more about Nick Adams, click here: http://ift.tt/1l7JzgO To buy a copy of his book, "The American Boomerang", click here: http://ift.tt/2tSBaGO Script: G'day there. As an outsider, I have a unique perspective from which to view America. As an American friend said to me: "Sometimes it takes someone on the outside to remind us what we are like on the inside." I'm an Australian -- you might have already guessed that -- and I love my home country. And I am proud that my nation has long been a reliable American ally. But I know that Australia is not America, and that my country has not achieved what America has achieved. No country in human history has. What makes America different? There are many answers, but start with one you might not have thought of. Most people think America is all about success. I see it a little differently. I think America is all about failing. Most people in the world don't get the chance to fail. But Americans take it for granted. Only Americans say, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." There's even an academic study to prove this. According to a study by Harvard Business School professor Steven Rogers, most entrepreneurs fail four times before they succeed. Success takes timing, and hard work, some good luck and many other factors. But to succeed you must be given the chance to fail -- and you must accept responsibility if you do. I love that about Americans. At their best they don't blame others; they learn from their mistakes and do better the next time. And in America there is almost always a next time. Nowhere else are you as free to take entrepreneurial risks. Talk to someone who has tried to start a small business in Germany or Brazil and you'll see what I mean. From the outside looking in, I can only admire this. And I'm not the only one. Just take a look at the CEOs of major Silicon Valley companies. You will see the names of entrepreneurs from all over the world -- India, Pakistan, Russia, Israel -- you name the country. Why did they come to America to innovate? Because there's a lot of money here? Yes, of course, that's part of it. But there's a lot of money in London, and Berlin, and Tokyo, as well. They came to America because America gave them the chance to fail...and therefore the best chance in the world to succeed. And the rest of the world can thank their lucky stars for America's economic success. Not only is America by far the world's largest economy, it is also the world's largest consumer. And the world's economy depends on being able to sell to America. It would also be perfectly natural for Americans to want to keep all this wealth to themselves. But they don't. Just the opposite, in fact. America has been the most selfless nation in the history of the world -- yet another way in which America is different. What other nation fights for the freedom of others? In Europe in two world wars, in Korea, in Vietnam and, yes, in Iraq. In all those wars, America had very little or nothing to gain economically. Whenever there is a humanitarian crisis anywhere in the world -- Haiti after a hurricane, Indonesia after a tsunami -- who is the first to rush aid to these places? No matter where the calamity is at home or abroad, Americans invariably raise millions of dollars, almost instantly, to send food and clothing and supplies to people in distress they don't know and will never meet. Who else does that? For the complete script, visit http://ift.tt/22psSRh
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