That was a long time ago. Remember, the Britain today is essentially composed of people who were born after the collapse of the Empire. It’s like Greece only minus 2500 years or so.
I don’t think politicians and commentators actually believe that.
Anytime you suggest that America implement a policy that has been successfully run in other countries they bitch and moan about how such a policy will be our ruin. Not only are we not better than they are, we can’t even successfully copy something they’ve already done.
That goes to the “exceptional as in different” usage. A policy that works perfectly in Sweden, say, might well fail in the United States if Swedes and Americans substantially differ. See also: efforts to impose democracy on peoples with no experience with it.
I’ve lived in Canada, so I’ve definitely heard people say bad things about that country. But they’re different bad things than what people say about the U.S.
America left all of Old Europe behind, the treasures with the bullshit. And I think that given the choice, we’d rather be rich than happy.
Speaking as an American, I don’t see any treasures that got left behind. I’m sure Europeans do.
Material prosperity is a major part, though not the only part, of happiness.
As Adam Carolla puts it, paraphrased, “Being rich won’t make you happy, but being poor will make you unhappy.”
and the ones most responsible, Republicants and the like are gonna blame others. And god of course. they won’t take any responsibility. oh well.
that’s not people, that Republicants
did you mean a *Constitutional Monarchy?? *
wow didn’t know it was that bad
any nation is judged by how they care for their weakest, by that standard, America sucks a whole lot.
Who’s next, then?
Yes and it is often totally baseless, for example “political corruption? Why you only see that in <insert country> not in a wonderland like the USA” to which I’m going oh please.:smack: