# USA, the rest of the world thanks you.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-the-rest-of-the-world-thanks-you/40661>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 10, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-the-rest-of-the-world-thanks-you/40661 "2000-11-10T16:40:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phobos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2000, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-the-rest-of-the-world-thanks-you/40661/41 "2000-11-17T19:56:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Anthracite \*  
> \*\*And where the fuck do Italian newspapers get off claiming that **our** election system is “too complicated and medieval”? Look in a fucking mirror, Italy, before you criticise the US! \*\*

😕 Italy has politics? 🙂

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2000, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-the-rest-of-the-world-thanks-you/40661/42 "2000-11-18T07:17:26Z")

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We suck but we’re the closest to getting it right! Nyahh!

For some reason, we can’t keep the fuckin’ foreignors out, but goddam there ain’t no shortage of criticism for how we do things.

No offense to fuckin’ foreignors.

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