When was America great?

It was great when we killed all the Indians and brought the black man here to do all the work.  Wow.  How great was that move?  America the Beautiful. 

Ahhh.  The good old days

Apparently it was some time back in the 50's, when the post-war economy was booming, crime rates were low, and women and minorities knew their "place". Good times.

I've been trying to figure this out myself. I'm personally perplexed by that slogan because things are getting better as we become more civilized

It was great before the White Man got here.

Yesh! With a few exceptions, Most Native Americans would agree with you 

Step # 1- Brexit

That would have been before taxes, regulations, free trade deals (NAFTA etc)  forced our good jobs out of the country.

I think many Americans are so focused on their own problems, they have lost sight of just how incredibly lucky they are to live there. It's not like there are no problems to be solved, but jeez, it's still pretty awesome.

must have been before my time... or any time i've read or heard about, if at all.

don't get me wrong, i like my life in the U.S., for the most part, and i realize there are worse places to be, but "great"?

i don't think so...

we're still evolving, though... so there's a chance at greatness, i think. maybe. we'll see. i guess.

And when was that exactly? Do you have a time frame?

I kind of agree with you

I'm just trying to get a handle on the slogan, "Make America great, again!" and see what others think that means because it implies that America was once great and I'm not sure of when that was. 

The person who gives the best answer to that question will win a fabulous prize! 

i'm just as curious as you are, my friend. =)

In my opinion most recently under Reagan, (Overall, between 1981 and 1989, real GDP per capita increased by nearly 23%; in the same span of time, the value of the stock market more than tripled) before that would have been the 1950s.

I won't dispute. Not that I agree, but I appreciate your coment

America was great for a little over twenty years before the Federal Reserve Act was passed in 1913.

Hello Goat:

In THAT sense, America was NEVER great..  What makes us great is that we STRIVE for greatness.  Greatness doesn't happen without a few bumps in the road..  Trump is a bump.

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I would join the chorus in saying that it never was. 

By economics, Clinton did better than Reagan. http://politicsthatwork.com/economic-record-president/clinton

Before I knew the truth...

Good question. I think that most of us were brought up with the idea that America is the greatest and didn't really question that. I know that when I began studying history - not the rah, rah BS we were taught in school, but what really happened - good, bad and ugly...it was...well, America was the greatest before I began studying history.

The idea that everyone in America is good and everyone in (Russia or Iraq or fill in your boogieman of choice here) is bad is absurd.

The idea that our government is good and all others are bad is equally absurd. All governments, regardless of form or country, become corpulent and corrupt. It is the nature of the beast.

The USA has been showing symptoms of impending collapse since WW2.

Dear sir, I like your comment. You're on your way to winning the grand prize. :)