You know, sometimes I don't understand what's wrong with us. This is just about the most creative and imaginative country on earth–and yet sometimes we just don't seem to have the gumption to exploit our intellectual property. We split the atom, and now we have to get French or Korean scientists to help us build nuclear power stations. We perfected the finest cars on earth–and now Rolls-Royce is in the hands of the Germans. Whatever we invent, from the jet engine to the internet, we find that someone else carts it off and makes a killing from it elsewhere. Boris Johnson
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Bruce Springsteen is talking about how America has lost its spirit. He also talks about how hard it is to be creative in America. He says, “whatever we invent, from the jet engine to the internet, we find that someone else carts it off and makes a killing from it elsewhere.” You can see this in many aspects of American life today.

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