[marnett]

Have you lived in any of the progressive social-democratic nations? Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Canada, Norway?

I think their societal structures are much better suited for the technologically advanced world we live in today.

[malvosenior]

If that's the case, then why are none of those countries leading in actually creating technology? For the most part they are benefiting from technology that gets created in the US or Asia.

Also, those are all very homogenous cultures. I don't think you can map what works there onto a very large, very diverse place like the US.