Phil Snyder Option 1: Share the American Dream In the last 300 years, the United States has

gone from a newly birthed country to a dominant world superpower; an act unparalleled by any other sovereign state in recorded history. We hold top of the world ranks in military, education, judicial, economic, and medical establishments. This global success doesnt come without a price, though. To put it in the words of the archetype American hero Peter Parker, With great power comes great responsibility. The current international socio-economic landscape is unique in its topography (isnt it always?). It falls on us to help support the world in development, not only to advance our own self-interests, but also to recognize the decreasing significance of international borderlines. With a headcount of over 6,000,000,000 persons populating the planet, resources have been choked out at an ever-increasing rate. No longer can the typical family call themselves self-sustaining - its overtly true of Americans. We consume many times more than we produce in GDP per year. Where do all these material goods come from? Other sovereign states provide us with material goods that allow us a high level of throughput. In order to ensure that the bourgeois can sustain their current level of throughput of goods (and services) the government needs to protect our out-of-country investments by padding other countries wallets. In reality (as opposed to the typical Econ101 models), we are encouraging the development of our own interests, through a middleman transaction. The whole idea of USAID could even be likened to placing a bet on an event with high odds of happening1.

Although we are giving money to other countries with an ulterior intent, we have a limited scope of control as to where the money actually ends up going. Since the
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Phil Snyder Option 1: Share the American Dream Furthermore, by advancing not only our economic interests but also our diplomatic interests as well through legislation and currency transactions, we (hopefully) create a world with less war, famine, riots, and violence. The USs unique combination of Democratic and Republic ideological views has allowed us to prosper where others have lagged. By encouraging the expansion of our own diplomatic values in other countries would not only satisfy moral wants of civil liberties and freedom of religion, but also reduce the latency of countries to enter into the markets and provide goods for the rest of society. History has been plagued by miscommunications and ego-trips of terrible consequence. Creating a world diplomacy that is more interconnected would reduce the volatility of any one individual state. Ironically, this may be viewed as restricting freedom of choice for governments while simultaneously expanding it for society as a whole; a utilitarian concept grounded in categorical roots. The ideas of Adam Smith arent restricted to individual states economies. The general idea of capitalism can be applied throughout the world to not only advance the entrepreneurs interests, but to advance the well being of society as a whole. An economic revolution of this nature is not without its consequences, though, as can be seen in modern America on the news each day. The gap between the poor and the rich will grow exponentially wider as countries become more

other country would benefit itself as well as the US in investing in continual commerce with the US, the money is often invested in favor of both partys interests. Of course, thats not always the case if the country decides to invest the money elsewhere, but in the interconnected markets of today, the investment may come back around to benefit us in the long run (not to mention a general catch-all benefit for humanity).

Phil Snyder Option 1: Share the American Dream industrial, and eventually serviceable. The balance between prosperity and equity is not easy to point to, but free markets and democracy are a stepping-stone on the path towards a more egalitarian society.