You had to ask that question, lol.
You have absolutely no idea how delusional we really are.
The best thing about 'merikuh is our freedumz n gunz…n freedum
Maybe we aren’t, but I don’t plan on leaving.
We’re like your bipolar acquaintance. We’re fun to party with, we have all the great movies, but when we’re feeling down, we drag you down with us. Eventually we’ll pass out from too much alcohol and drugs, and you can leave us drooling in the alleyway. We may or may not remember what happened when we wake up, but rest assured we’ll be back to turn your life upside down again.
No, those are made in a big factory just west of Houston:
I like to be in America!
O.K. by me in America!
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America!
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Automobile in America.
Chromium steel in America.
Wirespoke wheel in America,
Very big deal in America!
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Immigrants go to America.
Many hellos in America.
Nobody knows in America,
Puerto Rico’s in America!
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I like the shores of America.
Comfort is yours in America.
Knobs on doors in America,
Wall-to-wall floors in America!
Trump and Lemon got it almost right. The correct phrasing is:
On a more serious note… While I recognize the flaws and evil that are present in our system, there’s still no where else I’d rather live.
Absolutely this. Designed to end a conversation before it starts.
Not to mention Vietnam. A lot of people can’t face that the US lost the Vietnam War.
There is a lot of delusion. Tons of people think the US is the only country with free speech. Some of those same people are up in arms that SNL gets away with mocking Dear Leader. They point with pride to freedom of religion, yet at the same time oppose the freedom to practice Islam. They somehow equate freedom with the ability to purchase weapons of death, and the ghastly number of school shootings is a price they are willing to pay to maintain that “right”. Piss on all that. If you’re one to chant “U-S-A! U-S-A!”, you’re an asshole.
To me it’s a lie that is generationally self sustaining by telling and selling that lie to our children. Children really want to be #1 (it’s part of a childhood developmental stage, the experience with accepting others - letting go of self a bit but…defining one self as the best of the group) and want that for our nation and develop national pride by hearing this.
Visiting other nations broke that lie with me. We are a overworked, underpaid nation that works for the comfort of the rich.
Are you shitting me?! Imagine that. The ruler of some country claiming that they are the greatest. Imagine that.
Next thing you know some car manufacturers are going to start saying that their brand is best. Or some food manufacturer is going to claim that their product is best.
Where will it lead?
Can you imagine walking down the street and seeing some sign that says they have the best burgers in town? Or God forbid, the world’s best coffee?
The horrors!
And why hasn’t somebody told Leaffan to just fuck off?
And it’s a lie that we keep telling ourselves over and over. We crank out movies where a white American male (often Tom Hanks) wins WWII, or ends Jim Crow and the credits role. If you suggest that maybe the Soviets did the heavy lifting in WWII, or that racism is endemic in America and how it impacts white people is the least interesting aspect of the problem and people freak out. Americans believe we’re the greatest the way religious fanatics believe they’re the chosen ones.
ETA: and what the fuck does the greatest nation on earth even mean? It’s stupid. I much prefer “Canada is a very lovely country with many nice people,” or “Denmark seems to value the well being of their people in a way that I find refreshing.”
This op coming from Canada is not surprising. Canada is to America what Belgium is to the Netherlands: they sorta speak our language except in the part where they speak French, they are friendly and polite because if it ever came to a fight they’d disappear, and for some inexplicable reason they think they are a real country. Sure, technically they are, but technically I’m a race car driver because I once sat at the wheel of one going all of 70 mph.
See what I mean? They freak out and start denigrating other countries at the mere suggestion we’re not the greatest. My country can beat up your country (because we spend billions on implements of death rather than feed, educate and shelter our people).
To be fair, the more people we kill, the less food, education, and shelter we need to provide.
America is the greatest nation in the world. But the catch, which a lot of people fail to appreciate, is that “great” is not the same thing as “good”.
The USA is a pretty great country. It isn’t for no reason that people from all over the world risk lots (and more) to come here. But the hyper flag waving “greatest ever” stuff is obvious overcompensation. It’s like a dare, or something. American 1 claims that America is the greatest ever, then if American 2 scoffs, American 2 doesn’t lurve America properly and American 1 can feel better about his life in a country that can be really shitty in various ways.
Uh, the only time NATO responded militarily to an attack on one of its members was after 9/11 in defense of the US. I remember working with Canadian troops in Kandahar. I’m guessing you missed that one?
Perhaps you were unaware of the Canadian forces being part of the D-Day invasion? Canadians are great allies and friends, probably better than the US deserves.
Also:
Korean War
First Gulf War
Yugoslav Wars
Somali Civil War
Afghanistan
and operations against ISIS
But other than that, what have they done?
They gave the world the Trailer Park Boys, Neil Young and Rush.
Ummm, we don’t do metric, so there!