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franzap | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Not sure I see the connection with how it affected culture but appreciate your insight
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AbstractEquilibrium | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Americas success was only a sort of drunken success.  Where Argentina drinks, detoxes, resets, and suffers periodic hangovers, America drinks all the time, never has hangovers, "seems" happy and well...until one day when Argentina is going about their routine, and Americas liver fails.