What Will America Be Remembered For Essay

What Will America Be Remembered For? – Sean Smith
INTRO
When I was younger, the first few years of history class tended to gloss over most of history, leaving only a paragraph or two for each of the big players: Egyptians, Romans, Greeks, etc. What did I expect, we can’t teach kids all of history, we need to shrink every period down to small digestible bites. Here’s the question though: What will America’s paragraph read like?
Gerald Early, an American essayist, once wrote “There are only three things that America will remembered for 2000 years from now when they study this civilization: The Constitution, Jazz music, and Baseball. These are the 3 most beautiful things this culture’s ever created.”
It is, of course, difficult to predict your

As Disrupters
The strength of future militaries will be compared to our own; the expansive reach of the US military is the largest on Earth. From conflicts in South America to the Middle East and Asia, the US has always thrived during wartime, gaining much of its power from the aftermath of World War II. By much of the world today our country is seen as democratic invaders; bringing a message of democracy and freedom while still firmly holding our weapons. In this way, our country has shaped the world drastically; influencing both the progress of technology and the equivalent sizes of foreign militaries.
As Entertainers
I was recently in France this past summer and, despite being thousands of miles away from my home, I was surrounded by posters for an upcoming film, Paper Towns. The new world of shared culture we’re all adjusting to is an odd one; America has led the crusade to create a similar global culture everyone can relate to through music, movies, and more. Americans loved distraction; sports, music, movies, anything that was fun. In the same way the Caesars built stadiums to keep the Romans happy; the US government strongly encouraged consumerism and the idea of relaxation. As hundreds of countries around the world slowly adopted American pop culture, another strong tie of globalization was