I just now heard on CNN Trump state that America is the greatest country on Earth.
And then Don Lemon repeated this comment and agreed with it.
There is literally no metric available anywhere to substantiate this claim. Greatest in military spending and incarceration rates, sure. Congratulations.
So are we. So what? Every year or so there is some state legislator who proposes a law to put that sort of rhetoric into state curricula. However, there is no national stampede to add that silliness to every state’s school programs. (Florida and Texas, notwithstanding.)
You can find all sorts of super-nationalists in any country. It hardly means that they are taken seriously by the country as a whole.
I think people around the world probably tend to say their own country is the greatest country in the world. Do you not think Canada is the greatest country in the world?
No. Of course not. I don’t know of any Canadians who would say such a thing, although I’m sure some exist.
The thing is, I don’t ever hear any leader of any country proclaim this of their country, well maybe North Korea.
Obviously some Canadians can’t imagine what is like to be the greatest country on earth, and the ones who can imagine it move here and become great film and TV stars.
This American’s gotta agree, OP. And in regards to what tomndebb said, the “Greatest Country” idea is not confined to our dumbest citizens, and certainly not to a small percentage of super-nationalists. It’s a sentiment that is held pretty widely, and I’d guess if you walked in to a randomly chosen bar somewhere in the US and stated the contrary you’d at best end up sitting by yourself at the seat next to the server stand for the rest of the evening.
Well for America being so shitty there sure are a lot of motherfuckers clamoring and spilling through our borders risking death and the deaths of their children to come here, I guess it’s easy to mock our country when you’ve grown up in our excess and hedonism, wonder what they’re having for dinner tonight in Venezuela.
To be real, maybe we’re not the best but America is a long way from the bottom.
“America: Not the best, but one of several countries which are a long way from the bottom!”
Yeah, I can dig that. It has a nice ring to it. Probably look good plastered on the back window of a 4WD with testicles hanging from the trailer hitch!
So weird America is such a shitty country but all these legal and illegal immigrants keep coming, I wonder why cause clearly the US sucks, must be all the Mexican and Chinese restaurants.
Ooh, sick burn, bro!! Have to say you really got me there. Yeah, ok, I drive Kia Soul. It’s roomy, gets good gas mileage, is dependable, and has a great warranty.
