To my knowledge (that is, a couple YouTube videos on the topic, this could be outdated/false information), there are some people who aren’t happy that the U.S. names itself after the continent of America (implying that they have a right to all of America, manifest destiny to the max). Whether that is true or not, naming stuff is always fun, so what is a good name that is representative of what the U.S. is?

My personal suggestions:

  • The Liberty States
  • since Argentina is the only country named after an element (silver), why not another? Perhaps the U.S. could be named after gold, after the Gold Rush which I think was a big thing? That or an element that can be red, white, and blue. Speaking of…
  • The Republic of Red, White, and Blue

Please assume that stale carrot man isn’t in office and that the U.S. is currently being a reasonable and humane country that actually stands for democracy, liberty, and freedom.

edit: Some people really want to make it about dry orange tomato man, which is not the point of this exercise. Also note that, yes, you could argue that the U.S. was always an imperialist power that replaced democratic leaders with dictators that were favourable to American interests, and that it certainly wasn’t very nice to the native peoples.

  • sbird@sopuli.xyzOP
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    9 hours ago

    Because I already have enough U.S. politics from the internet…

    The small vibrating egg does sound way more interesting though, let’s talk about that instead. What makes it vibrate? How is it so small? What will happen to the egg after the vibrations? How many varieties are there??

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      7 hours ago

      Because I already have enough U.S. politics from the internet

      I feel you. I wish i could turn it off.

      The egg thing was inspired by an old movie (maybe woody allen). But if the USA were such a vibrating egg, i would call it “Shekky shekky brekky,” or SSB for short.