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Originally Posted by wizhard
Personaly I don't buy either of the two main reasons given in this thread for the US's reluctance to swap from Imperial to Metric. In truth America has to some degree allways acted in a somewhat superior, isolationist manner and I wonder whether their reluctance to change is a result of jingoistic pride mixed with a touch of arrogance.
If the US changed now would it be seen as weakness and a need to fit in with their global "competitors" who are begging to overtake them economically ?
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No seriously. It really is true about the timing, and the main concern was industry, in a bad economy. After that, we just didn't care. It's not imperialistic, why do we have to change because everyone else wanted to?
It was the idea of a few countries in the world, not ours. The metric system has, and will have nothing to do with anyones economy.
And of course we are isolationists, that's how the country was founded. To get away from imperialistic rule.
As far as taking us economically, as they say at the big dogs poker table, "If you got the cards, play 'em."