James+Reflection+on+Grandeur

Americans have always like big fancy things and have spent a lot of money on them: big estates, expensive clothes, expensive cars, fancy inventions, and other things that make them feel important. We even think of our country as grand even though other countries are bigger and some have more amazing resources than we do. Occastionally our love of granduer has pushed us to do things better, but it's also pushed us to ridiculous extremes.