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Originally posted by katykater
The US is actuallicy based on Dutch culture, they invented everything about capitalism and empire building. The English (and by extension British) only learned from the Dutch by fighting them for over 100 years how to do it properly. Freedom of religion, freedom of thought, social mobility (The idea of a climbing the social ladder, once you have a certain amount of success/money, you can claim status.),... are Dutch. American dream is actually the 17th century Dutch dream. In New York state moms still curse at their kids with Dutch words.
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You're ignoring contribution from Spain, France, Italy and Britain.
US dollar stem from Spanish dollar. Major states/cities such as Florida, Arizona, California, Los Angeles are originally spanish
Washington D.C. was drafted by French. Lousiana was French too. Statue LIberty was gift from France
Italians Columbus discovered the continetn in the first place. American bank was founded by Italian
And British of course contributed the most. Politically, economically, militarily and culturally.