I think the united states is special, because the land is fertile. We supply the raped and spoiled farmlands of our European Oligarchs. The Americas were untouched by industrialization for thousands of years, until around 200 years ago. The Chinese terrace farmland to work rice fields by hand, we take a loan out, (debt slave) to buy a honkin' combine to harvest our corn. We got stuff over here that supercedes even gold or silver. Resources. Q, Titanic. We won the revolutionary war, but the victory was short lived. The redcoats came back in business suits. Crown Corp / 1871 Origins Act. Escape the false church, fight the angry king, lose to the business man immediately after a, "civil war" just so happens to occur.... Makes me wonder why "ending" slavery had to get violent in the first place? Might it have been sparked by propaganda? Methinks so, because there could have been a peaceful resolution that didn't involve greed, but we are humans and humans are very silly. But in any case, manipulation is rampant, and to have a "Worldview even worth the time it takes to have one" seems to be hard to formulate. Lies everywhere, truth in little nuggets. But the United States... More self sustainable than anywhere else on earth in my opinion, if we just chose to be.