Why should I care?

As pointed out in the podcast, global inequality is a big deal in everyday life. Americans tend to enjoy their cushy ethnocentric view of the world that they are on top but that might not always be the case. In fact, the US dollar used to be the strongest currency in the world and now it is beaten out by the Euro and the pound making the US no longer the top dog, at least economy wise. No one can say what tomorrow will bring and honestly the US has made a lot of enemies by promoting that we are WAY better than everyone else. We all live on this planet and we all need to stop out doing the other, but that would only happen in a perfect society.

REGARDLESS, the thing that struck me the most about this podcast was the focus on "who is on top and why are they there." Personally I don't agree with many of the reasons why the US is one of the most powerful nations but I do agree with the base reason, everyone is free. Although life in America offers more opportunities to more people, it is definitely not an easy road. Yet, I feel that the US is one of the world powers because we are the leader of the free world and we give people the option to better their lives by bettering themselves and there is really no where else in the world, other than a few countries in Europe, that gives the same opportunity.