In addition to unrivalled global influence, the US also possesses a greater degree of influence on UK
politics than any other nation.
Not exact matches
... [Americans] have become a
nation that may defy every foe but that most dangerous of foes, herself, destined to a majestic future if she will shun the excess and perversion of the principles that made her great, prate less about the enemies of the past and strive more against the enemies of the future, resist the mob and the demagogue as she resisted Parliament and King, rally her powers from the race for gold and the delirium of prosperity to make firm the foundations on which that prosperity rests, and turn some fair proportion of her vast mental forces to
other objects
than material progress and the game of party
politics.
Yes, big data may well transform the way we do
politics in the U.S., but I suspect that the more dystopic predictions, (which at their most extreme involve a
nation of drooling automatons spoon - fed information through targeted communications) won't come to pass... if for no
other reasons
than practical ones.
Likewise, according to The Civic and Political Health of the
Nation: A Generational Portrait (a survey of Americans conducted in 2002), students who reported that their teachers led discussions of
politics and government were more involved in their communities and more attentive to the news
than other students.