The United States is the most influential nation of all time.

Youre not suppose to answer any of my points in round 2, you were suppose to submit YOUR argument. It doesn't matter how I structured it. You basically squeezed in an extra round for yourself by doing that. Democracy, "revolutions", social welfare: Since you said you like Wikipedia so much: "The Constitution guides American society in law and political culture. It is the oldest charter of supreme law in continuous use, and It influenced later international figures establishing national constitutions."(1) Wikipedia also states: "George Athan Billias, studying the Constitution and related documents, describes six waves of influence: From 1776-1811, after the American Revolution began, it influenced northwestern Europe and its colonial connections. 1811-1848, after the decline of Napoleon's reputation, it was referenced by Latin American, Caribbean, and European nationalists. 1898-1918, after the Spanish American War, nationalist movements borrowed from the U.S. Constitution in Asia and Latin America. 1918-1945, after World War I, its influence spread with movements for decolonization of Africa, Mid-east and Asia. 1945-1974, after World War II, independence movements consulted it. Most recently, 1974-1989, after United Nations expansion, once nondemocratic regimes, including European ones, transitioned towards constitutional democracies incorporating elements of the U.S. Constitution."(2) The U.K developed proto-constitutions but these lacked many rights, which is why people fled to North America to govern themselves. My point of bringing up the sexual, feminist and LGBT "revolutions" was to mock your statement that America is just a place with a bunch of revolutions. The fact that most of these revolutions subsequently happened in other places does not make your statement sensible to me at all. Although, the American feminist movement was the leader and hhelped incorporate women into non-traditional roles throughout the world. So as I'll say again, what are these revolutions I hear about? The Social Welfare (besides Germany) in European countries was a proto-social welfare. The inventor does not always master it. You also don't tell me exactly what aspects of social welfare the British developed and progressed on its own to modernity. Also, just because the SSA was influenced by the English Poor Laws and workers guilds doesn't make the English more influental in that regard and doesn't make America's contribution to the advancement of it any less significant. Don't forget that our SSA laws have been copied by many many nations. My oppenent consistently seems to think that just because someone creates something, his influence is better. Culture and sports: There are tons of great poets, writers, and musical artists from America then and now. I didn't go over it just like you didnt go over more then half of what my original argument was. It would take me forever to list the great literature, poems and music to come out of America. You also say Warhol was well travelled, but so too were most artists born in Europe during the 18th-20th centuries. Now as far as music goes, there are more top selling musical artists from the United States then any other country. The U.S has 79 of the worlds best selling musical artists of all time. The UK only has 32.(3) America is young, and it may not have as rich of a history and culture in art and other forms. But, music is the oldest medium of entertainment in the world and is performed by all cultures. Music is a way of humanity creating social bonds and expressing emotions or ideas while entertaining and inspiring others. Modern recorded music in other countries is a direct result of American influence and creation. The UK has been influential in music as well, but you cannot deny the far greatest reach American artists have had. The U.S is the country where foreign artists go to reach a broader audience and gain the ability to distribute further then they ever could at home. In today's world musical artists, actors and actresses, and athletes make the majority of peoples role models from the richest to the poorest countries This is why the spread and creation of music genres in America, as well as Hollywood and the commercialization and success of sports is so important and makes America so influential. The UK invented baseball, but where is the dominant league? America. Where were the modern day regulations and rules formed? In America.(4) Besides the sports I mentioned in my last post, we also created and spread Ice Hockey to Canada, Russia and the Nordic countries. Basketball and Baseball are two of the most popular games on the planet, and America also created pin bowling and developed Lacrosse from the Native Americans into a competitive sport. As I also stated before, Americans created extreme sports such as skateboarding and surfing which has spawned entire subcultures which have been absorbed by other countries. Americans also dominate in almost every sport on the planet(basketball, baseball, golf, swimming etc) besides soccer, cricket and rugby. Also, for the third or fourth time you have misquoted me, I said Golf although not an American sport has been traditionally dominated by Americans such as Tiger Woods and Arnold Palmer. Regardless, the point is that sports as we know it would be nowhere near as prominent in human life as they are now without the American influence and commercialization of them. As for the philosophers, all of those Americans contributed to philisophical ideals. You do know that people can do more then one thing? Most of these people I have learned about in philosophy classes. Being an essayist doesnt mean you aren't a philosopher. Alot of the most famous philosophers were mathematicians, scientists and politicians. Secondly, Paine WAS English, but being part of the American Revolution made him American. Thirdly, the founding fathers WERE philosophers. The Constitution is based on philosophical values that were deemed fair and defended freedom. They were legal philosophers. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin etc., all debated and compromised on the relationship towards religion, checks and balances etc. Just because they are more known for other things doesnt make them not philosophers. My opponent has been a good debater compared to who I've faced on here and the amount of forfeits I've seen. Yet, he misquoted me with malicious intent numerous times in order to give the voters an impression that I said something that I clearly didn't. Or, maybe they were all just accidents. Regardless the voters will decide. I also don't enjoy the multiple attempts at bashing America which have nothing to do with the debate and only serve the purpose of insulting me. Also, since you didn't follow the rules and am now going to get an extra rebuttal after I post this, I will use whatever format I want. I never specified a format. YOU accepted this debate with the rules posted, so don't criticize how I formatted my arguments and rebuttals. In conclusion, the short time that America has taken to become a world giant and the culture, music, arts, democratic values, business structure makes me feel that the United States is the most influential nation of all time. Con has only occasionally pointed out that some of the things Americans have influenced others with in fact came from other countries, but it is my opinion that this alone isn't strong enough to take credit from America for progressing, transforming, mastering and spreading these things. Entertainment, music, invention of video games, responsibility for modern internet and computers, government and law, business, the racial and cultural outlook of cities, skyscrapers. (1) http://en.wikipedia.org... (2) http://en.wikipedia.org... (3) http://en.wikipedia.org... (4) http://en.wikipedia.org...