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Tyler Gillis
Will McAvoy’s statements highlights, for him why America doesn’t “aspire to intelligence.” Since these statements are supported with facts, by him it is both clearly evident, and it weighs heavily on what America should be. In this way I agree with Will McAvoy America doesn’t “aspire to intelligence”, but America is what it is, to me America is what we have made it. In reflection it’s not some candy covered castle in the sky, to me America is a land of opportunity with no more need for it. We want to say the Vietnam War, the Atomic bomb, the War in Iraq or any other America war decisions were made without casualties or regrets, but they were not. Maybe warfare in its entirety is something that isn’t aspired by intelligence and with intellect we will see its casualties and regrets. When we started our revolution it was founded on the intelligence of great men, to me these men lived in a period where our history hanged on a string. We were essentially a root for the nation we are today, to me that leaves the question of what kind of nation we are today. We are a powerful nation, but to me we are not the world’s smartest nation and though there are a majority of inventors, geniuses and innovators in America we are filled with men and women whose struggles drive them away from intelligence. Not all people are born to be natural born leaders, or warriors, but to me the assumption intelligence is something anybody can obtain is a falsely as you need tools and equipment for the endeavors of learning. We are now a nation always wagered in world affairs, so those supplies aren’t necessarily easy to provide when we are spread every which way. And American amongst itself is spread every which way as we are a Petri dish of many world cultures with beliefs that contrast on another. How can we all strive for intelligence if we all have a different understanding on why we need it or how it will benefit our single everyday lives? To me the...