Why havent Canada, South Africa, Austrailia, New Zealand...

been as successful as the U.S.A?

Forgive me for not knowing much but im from the UK and have been thinking bout this for a while. All these new world countries were colonised around the same time, some even bigger than the US, why havent they been even kind of close to the US in terms of success?

Canada's pretty successful...bluezy

Of those countries, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are all very successful. The US just has a bigger population base, but the standard of living is quite high in each of those countries. The more interesting thing that you should note - as you are from the UK - is that all of those countries plus the US were English colonies.

Around 75% of Australia is borderline inhospitable; also, what do you mean by successful? Most of the countries you listed have pretty much the same general standards of living and prosperity.

Someone needs to stop drinking the old USA cooll-aid. They are all comparable to each other nowadays.

Sucess in terms of military might, influence on the world (politcs etc) and the biggest economy in the world.

Canada will soon reign supreme when natural resources in other parts of the world start to dwindle.

Seriously? australia is mostly desert, south africa had the wrong european settlers to native population ratio, new-zealand is too small and canada is too cold. considering that settlement began much earlier in the united states than most of the above, the US has more natural resources(fresh water and fertile land are also considerable resources)and much more people immigrated to it's territories (due to all of the above)-makes for a simple answer.

I maybe wrong but the USA has more people living here.

Maybe due to the structure of their government..or the way their system works...i don't know..

Top 5 North American cities ranked by quality of life Vancouver, Canada Toronto, Canada Ottawa, Canada Montreal, Canada Calgary, CanadaF1_2004

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]Top 5 North American cities ranked by quality of life Vancouver, Canada Toronto, Canada Ottawa, Canada Montreal, Canada Calgary, Canadagrape_of_wrath

[QUOTE="F1_2004"]Top 5 North American cities ranked by quality of life Vancouver, Canada Toronto, Canada Ottawa, Canada Montreal, Canada Calgary, Canadagrape_of_wrath

This isn't the 19th century, military power in a single nation hardly means anything now in the global arena.

the USA has batman

[QUOTE="grape_of_wrath"][QUOTE="F1_2004"]Top 5 North American cities ranked by quality of life Vancouver, Canada Toronto, Canada Ottawa, Canada Montreal, Canada Calgary, CanadaF1_2004

The US was chosen to be like this, period.GazaAli

[QUOTE="grape_of_wrath"][QUOTE="F1_2004"]Top 5 North American cities ranked by quality of life Vancouver, Canada Toronto, Canada Ottawa, Canada Montreal, Canada Calgary, CanadasSubZerOo

This isn't the 19th century, military power in a single nation hardly means anything now in the global arena.

Thirdly-your enjoyment probably means nothing-it has much more to do with what your collective canadian wills can accomplish by tommorrow(The US can destroy the world by noon,for example, cause a financial global disaster or bring down a regime in another country). grape_of_wrath

[QUOTE="grape_of_wrath"]Thirdly-your enjoyment probably means nothing-it has much more to do with what your collective canadian wills can accomplish by tommorrow(The US can destroy the world by noon,for example, cause a financial global disaster or bring down a regime in another country). F1_2004

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been as successful as the U.S.A?

Forgive me for not knowing much but im from the UK and have been thinking bout this for a while. All these new world countries were colonised around the same time, some even bigger than the US, why havent they been even kind of close to the US in terms of success?

Dr_Brocoli

*my reaction to the post*

So much fail in your post. Those countries have been extremely successful. Notice how they have universal healthcare, higher living standards, less poverty etc. ?Military might =/= success.

Cool beans bro,

But if you read the bolded, im asking why the havent been AS SUCCESSFUL as the USA. Im not saying they havent been successful because of course they have (everyone knows that). Struck a nerve? whilst you were going off on one based on your failed reading comprehension, several posters gave legitmate reasons such as the climate and the US having been colonised a while before. And i now have a better understanding.

Thanks guys. To all the cool guys that gave answers, head on over to the Tom and Jerry Cats thread for more cool stuff.

[QUOTE="F1_2004"][QUOTE="grape_of_wrath"]Thirdly-your enjoyment probably means nothing-it has much more to do with what your collective canadian wills can accomplish by tommorrow(The US can destroy the world by noon,for example, cause a financial global disaster or bring down a regime in another country). grape_of_wrath

There's a lot of different factors like climate, resources, remoteness.

[QUOTE="grape_of_wrath"][QUOTE="F1_2004"] lol you're going to have to explain this one to me. The US can cock up the world easily (and over the last few years they certainly tried their best to do so), but they can't make it better for themselves. Canada can live the better life (and is doing so), but can't ruin the world if they tried. I believe I'll gladly accept that compromise, thank you very much.Dylan_11

I think in a lot of ways, maybe in most ways, they have been more successful.

But if you mean economically (despite dept) and militarily. Well it probably boils down to resources, population (immigration), and some smart moves here and there.

been as successful as the U.S.A?

Forgive me for not knowing much but im from the UK and have been thinking bout this for a while. All these new world countries were colonised around the same time, some even bigger than the US, why havent they been even kind of close to the US in terms of success?

error_202

If you consider being in about a Trillion dollars of debt "successful" then I guess because those countries just havnt borrowed as much money as the US have.

Well Australia and Canada each have a higher quality of life than the US according to the UN's Human Development Index (it's their main measure of living quality) by a decent margin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Human_Development_Index

If you mean being an important player on the world stage, it's probably because none of the countries you listed have 300 million people and a huge military budget.

Military wise they may not be mighty, but I love New Zealand personally. I am from there too. I still have a NZ passport which helps because nobody hates NZ except maybe Australia but they are just jealous:P

And to all those saying that it's because of the US' resources, Canada is known to be one of the most resource rich countries in the world. For example, they have the second highest oil reserves (far more than the US) and the third highest amount of renewable water. They also produce nearly as much renewable energy as the US with one tenth the population.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_proven_oil_reserves

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_renewable_water_resources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_production_from_renewable_sources

Of those countries, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are all very successful. The US just has a bigger population base, but the standard of living is quite high in each of those countries. The more interesting thing that you should note - as you are from the UK - is that all of those countries plus the US were English colonies.

sonicare

You left out South Africa in your explanation. :o

Military wise they may not be mighty, but I love New Zealand personally. I am from there too. I still have a NZ passport which helps because nobody hates NZ except maybe Australia but they are just jealous:P

Film-Guy

I'd like to visit New Zealand...O_o..

Canada's pretty successful...bluezy

agree Canada is successful. why do u say that Canada is not as successful then US?

[QUOTE="Film-Guy"]

Military wise they may not be mighty, but I love New Zealand personally. I am from there too. I still have a NZ passport which helps because nobody hates NZ except maybe Australia but they are just jealous:P

Xx_Hopeless_xX

I'd like to visit New Zealand...O_o..

We have penguins, bungee jumping, and Giant hamster balls you can roll down a hill in:D What else do you need in life?

The US was chosen to be like this, period.GazaAli

Canada's pretty successful...bluezy

Hell yeah!

[QUOTE="Dylan_11"][QUOTE="grape_of_wrath"] Fine. it boils down to this-The american president is the most powerful man alive ,the candian prime minister isn't even close.even if life for the average candian are better than for the average american.grape_of_wrath

Isn't the US the only one that fought and won independence? Those other cowards just waited it out and fought wars for England.

Isn't the US the only one that fought and won independence? Those other cowards just waited it out and fought wars for England.

wstfld

Sucess in terms of military might, influence on the world (politcs etc) and the biggest economy in the world.

error_202