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

C1) With the advent of technology and infrastructure, the culture of the United States has spread throughout the entire world. Nations like Great Britain and Rome had geographical limits which decreased their ability to have a similar worldwide influence and not just regional. For instance, the United States has more television channels airing in other countries then any other nation. Hollywood basically runs the movie industry in almost every country on the planet. The United States also revolutioned life with the advent of the internet. The U.S. has a majority in world media and other countries see and emulate us. The United States essentially created "pop culture" and our culture permeates everything. Popular music in other countries is basically spawned from the U.S. Blues, R&B, Rap, Country...the U.S creates culture and ships it all around the world for other people to copy it or put their spin on it. C2) The United States pioneered sports beyond them being just "a leisurely game." Because of the U.S., athletes are now superstars, rich, admired, famous, and idolized. Big organized sporting events are a worldwide tradition and bring people together in the way that little else can. The U.S did not invent sports but they commercialized it and brought it into humanity's way of life. The reason why sports are included on this list is sporting events are the only televised event able to generate anywhere near a billion viewers. C3) The U.S has revolutionized the world with Democracy. Before the rise of the U.S., there were many forms of government. Whether it is the best or not, the Democratic form of government is the way of life today. People vote for their leaders and people's rights are established and enforced. Capitialism and Democracy were not created by the U.S. by because of revolution, commerce, culture, and the effects of post-war it has spread worldwide to the point where the far majority of the world is now Democratic. People have emulated America and envious of our freedoms and way of life, they have caused Democratic revolutions. From the Soviet Union to the Arab Spring, American culture or influence has had a part in everything. The American Revolution had a huge impact on the thinking in Europe and led to the French Revolution and other movements towards Democracy and greater freedoms. C4) Non state owned corporations and large companies brought America to the forefront of the world, and other nations have copied this by starting their own stock markets and successful corporations. This has transformed the economy, employment opportunities and life in general. American style skyscrapers and cities have transformed the look of all big cities and transformed the way people work. People all over the world are able to work and share ideas in the same place at the same time, all while working next to hundreds of other corporations. Mass transit was not wholly created in America but subway systems, railroads, trollleys, buses and the mass production of cars and commercialization of airplane travel transformed the way we live, our infrastructure and our ability to travel and have productive commerce. Their massive industrial and commercial production has also been the model for other countries today who may one day overake them such as China. C5) The United States pioneered social welfare in a capitalist, democratic setting without communism or fascism. Unemployment, welfare, insurance, disability, and child labor laws just to name a few...the U.S helped pioneer, spread and enforce this onto the world. Not to mention the American feminist movement was extremely influential on the world and inspired similae revolutions throughout the developed world. C6) The U.S has done in 300 years what no other country has done. Rome, Greece, the Arab world, Great Britain, these civilizationans took double or triple the amount of time to get anywhere close to the same influential status. Plus, no other country has had anywhere near as similar of an impact of influence without the use conquering and empire building then the United States. C7) There are countless other reasons that make the United States the most influential country in the world. America is the only country who will go as far as nuke a country and then help rebuild it and shape into an economic world leader. The fact America has done all of this being a formerly isolationist country, and with very little blood on its hands compared to similar candidates(besides the westward expansion, decimation of native Americans and slavery which we also helped enforce the world to abolish), I think is enough to support my claim. The United States revolutionized the idea of massive immigration, which always existed but not to a point where said country is made up of immigrants. It truly is the melting pot and other developed countries are now more open and willing for a massive change in population outlook and looking more and more like America (France, Britain, Canada). Our army is worldwide with bases all over the world. The world has never seen such military might, especially in a non-aggressive manner. America proved that you can have all this power and still withstand from imperialism and empire building. Sorry for the long wait, been busy writing for other debates (which everyone subsequently wasted my time and didn't respond to).