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

I will split up my opponent's points roughly into two or three clash points, in order to stop gish galloping of too many topics to refute at once.CultureMy opponent claims that "the culture of the United States has spread throughout the entire world", " The United States essentially created "pop culture"" and " The U.S has done in 300 years what no other country has done".Firstly, the idea that the US culture has spread throughout the world is wrong. True, it holds some influence over the world, but in reality, it's cultural impact is incredibly small. The League of Nations, for example, could never survive due to the American culture not being part of other countries, something that was took for a given. America, until the late twentieth centuries, have been importing values from Europe repeatedly, producing second-rate works. In the late 18th century, some American artists produced high quality art, such as the paintings of John Singleton Copley yet wealthy American art collectors in the 19th century still bought works by the European masters of the trade. Then they ventured further in this field, seeking more exotic settings, especially items from China and Japan. By means of purchasing foreign works of art, wealthy Americans were able to buy the status inherent in a long historical tradition, which the United States lacked. So the U.S doesn't have a strong cultural tradition: the Europeans do, and Americans simply bought tradition. Doesn't make it Made in USA.But who were the major cultural 'players' in the world? Well, let me ask you this: Who produced the poetrysuch as Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? How about Kublia Khan? Or maybe She walks in beauty, Ode to autumn, I wondered lonely as a cloud. Who produced Shakespeare, Chaucer, Wilde, Coleridge, Wordsworth, the list goes on. Who created the plays such as The Yeoman's Tale, Henry V, Romeo & Juliet, Much Ado about Nothing? Who brought musicals to fame, such as Phantom of the Opera, Starlight Express, and many others? Oh, Britannia, Britannia rules the waves.And regarding sport while we're at it, America is the sporting centre of the world? You stole the word football and created a game from it independant to the rest of the world: get with the times, and stop stealing our words! But seriously, as the UK is the home of real football[1], rugby[2], and cricket[3], I think it unreasonable to claim to be the largest impact regarding sports. After all, how many countries have a large following of baseball and American football outside of America? Nowhere near football, and in many countries nowhere near rugby or cricket.PoliticsThe political aspect is definitely not American. Let's go through some of them:Democracy - Greek direct democracy, Roman Republic, Switzerland Democracy, Scandinavian Things (yes, they're called things, strange name), British Constitutional Monarchy, United States Democracy, massive amount of revolutions.American Democracy - Constant stream of unending slander and lies of the other side[4] and a large majority agree the entire system is broken[5].British Democracy - The Westminster system became the basis for countless countries: Spain, France and Russia being a few of them, and one of the most celebrated democratic systems around the world. Also, well known for being one of the first constitutional monarchies.Social Welfare: Social welfare massive in Spain, France, Germany, large in the UK, minor in the USA. The idea that you... I don't even know the point of it. You started social welfare? you started Freedom? I'm not even sure you understand the point you are trying to make. If it is starting feminism, I would like some citations.Foreign Relations: Maybe the most vilified regarding this, does that count as influence? But then again, with even Iran standing against you, I don't think you have that much influence...Largest growth/Biggest Country/something about size maybe?: Greece: Brought culture, philosophy and democracy into the world: Whitehead (Also British) said "History is a footnote to Plato". Rome: Empire with culture that has permeated all of Europe and America throughout history[6]. Britain: Record for Largest Empire in the world, which took maybe 400 years of rapid expansion. Mongol Empire: Empire a shade smaller than Britain in 20 years. America: Colonised a country with no threat of invasion or loss of land whatsoever, with no claims over any land whatsoever. Now, you may say it is Greece, Rome, Britain, even the Mongols as the top of the pecking order, but USA? Sorry, don't see it.Philosophical Contribution R.M.Hare, B.Russell, Coplestone, Ayer, Dawkins, Hitchens, Housed Marx, Housed Wittgenstein, Housed Simone Weil, I can keep going.American Contribution:Young Earth Evangelism.Hmm.... which one?Now, I imagine I have not addressed all my opponent's points, but there were so many, I had to pick specific ones out to address. I hope my opponent feels fine about this, and I shall address other points later. However, if there are another eight or so clash points, I hope my opponent will realise that I cannot express a proper argument with that limit on the words. Thank you.1 - http://www.carlow-nationalist.ie...;2 - http://en.wikipedia.org...3 - http://en.wikipedia.org...;4 - 5 - http://www.economist.com...;6 - The History of Rome, Boris Johnson (English)