2006-06-29 15:20:43 · 30 answers · asked by crisyd 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Because we are rich. If you're talking about game systems, then we do not get it first. Japan does.
2006-06-29 15:22:56 · answer #1 · answered by tingaling 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Many Americans, especially young ones who can't write in English, have no clue about how well-off they are.
We get a lot because we have a lot of natural resources, making us a wealthy country. One of the resources we're quickly running out of is young people educated in the sciences, mathematics, engineering and all those things that have traditionally kept us wealthy.
India and China are nipping at our heels, and unless those young people learn to read and write, we won't get "everything first" for long.
But whoever overtakes us is probably no more likely to feed the hungry of the world, or provide vaccine to stop measles (which most of those young people have probably never even seen) from killing nearly a million people a year. (To say nothing of all the other diseases that are killing children all over the world, but which are completely preventable.)
I just don't think a human society is capable of seeing itself as a world citizen. Not in a deep way. It hasn't happened yet, no matter who the world powers of the moment were. Even if some great power of the day *could* solve the world's problems, it's probable that the rest of the world would hate them for it.
It's how we're made. All of us.
2006-06-29 23:06:19 · answer #2 · answered by LazlaHollyfeld 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Considering the fact that the US is getting Smart cars in 2007 but many other nations in the world have them for years...maybe the US gets things the WANT first.
2006-06-30 12:13:21 · answer #3 · answered by mckellmail 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean like?...........
Nixon
Vietnam
Reagan
Pimps in Cadillacs
Colombian marching Powder
Madonna
A Border with Mexico
Al Capone
Charles Manson
Vietnam
Roseanne
Iraq Afghan Korea Iran and Pakistan.........or
5 Wars they can't win
4 Corrupt Kennedy's
3 Hurricanes next Month
2 George Bush's
and a
Sonny Bono in a Fir Tree
...................................
Let them go First.
2006-06-29 22:48:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean good things or bad things like STDs, blame, social unrest?
On the whole I think it balances out. Besides I'd have to agree with SALAO sometimes having things first is a pain. I prefer second, when the bugs have been sorted out. And I'm refering to the good things here. Give me a secondhand STD, or pass me the blame, and I will be very unhappy with you.
2006-06-29 22:46:05 · answer #5 · answered by dignifiedcollapse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because america is wealthy - but they don't get everything first, japan and china are actually usually the first to get most stuff. Canada isn't so bad either.
2006-06-29 22:23:58 · answer #6 · answered by Davey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the rest of the world needs a guinea pig to test on
In the same way new drugs are tested on animals.
2006-06-30 11:59:42 · answer #7 · answered by loki_mcbedlam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is it that so many Americans, seemingly ignorant to the rest of the world and its ways, ALWAYS assume they are number 1?
Come on get a grip.
2006-06-30 04:49:29 · answer #8 · answered by aussie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because the Americans can afford it. Having a bad day and want to spit on Americans today? Chill!
2006-06-29 22:40:44 · answer #9 · answered by Mommymonster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wrong buddy america does not get evertthing first asia does cause they are willing to spend the money and if we do get it first its the bad products cause i already have a ps3 thank you japan
2006-06-29 22:24:29 · answer #10 · answered by SALAO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they dont get everything first. example: the french were the first to get thrown out of vietnam...well before the americans
2006-07-05 10:39:54 · answer #11 · answered by fred a stair 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋