Turns out if your country is founded by an ultra-orthodox group of religious nutters whose entire identity is based on a rejection of fun you end up with:
50% of the population being religious nut jobs terrified of any kind of pleasure
50% of the population being total hedonists who identify themselves based on their rejection of the other 50%
While both sides suck, turns out it’s a bit more annoying when group A is always in charge.
Yeah that’s what happens when you have slaves that you force to do work and oceans separating you from the consequences of your actions. Anyone not succeeding in that circumstance is actually retarded.
To answer your question for everyone else reading, most powerful countries at the time did have some form of slaves but obviously that wasn't the only factor in the growth of the United States. I'm very interested in the other users answer though, I know it's gonna be some bullshit.
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u/DrDMango 1d ago
America’s prudishness is so weird. I guess it comes from how much more Christian it is than any other Western nation.