And American exceptionalism and the American way which can be described as follows:
The American Way of life is individualistic, dynamic, pragmatic. It affirms the supreme value and dignity of the individual; it stresses incessant activity on his part, for he is never to rest but is always to be striving to "get ahead"; it defines an ethic of self-reliance, merit, and character, and judges by achievement: "deeds, not creeds" are what count. The "American Way of Life" is humanitarian, "forward-looking", optimistic. Americans are easily the most generous and philanthropic people in the world, in terms of their ready and unstinting response to suffering anywhere on the globe. The American believes in progress, in self-improvement, and quite fanatically in education. But above all, the American is idealistic. Americans cannot go on making money or achieving worldly success simply on its own merits; such "materialistic" things must, in the American mind, be justified in "higher" terms, in terms of "service" or "stewardship" or "general welfare"... And because they are so idealistic, Americans tend to be moralistic; they are inclined to see all issues as plain and simple, black and white, issues of morality.
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06-29-2013, 10:52 AM #1
Do you think america is the greatest country on earth?
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06-29-2013, 11:18 AM #10
"KAZAKHSTAN GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. ALL OTHER COUNTRIES ARE RUN BY LITTLE GIRLS. KAZAKHSTAN NUMBER ONE EXPORTER OF POTASSIUM. OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE INFERIOR POTASSIUM.
KAZAKsthan is the greaaaaaaatest... Rings the bell?
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06-29-2013, 11:18 AM #11
If OP's description was true, sure. it would be, Thing is, it's not. I hate saying it. I really do. I want to like it but wtf you guys doing? Snowden? Iraq? Afganistan? Syria? Argentina? cuba?
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06-29-2013, 11:20 AM #12
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unfortunately yes, nowhere in the world can offer the opportunities the US does
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Extreme bias ITT. obviously most people are going to vote yes cuz majority of misc is american.
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It is fine. I wouldn't say it is the best their are several other countries that I would like to move to and depending on what you are looking for would be much more beneficial to an individual.
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“Why are you guys so anti-dictators? Imagine if America was a dictatorship. You could let 1 percent of the people have all the nation’s wealth. You could help your rich friends get richer by cutting their taxes and bailing them out when they gamble and lose. You could ignore the needs of the poor for health care and education. Your media would appear free, but would secretly be controlled by one person and his family. You could wiretap phones. You could torture foreign prisoners. You could have rigged elections. You could lie about why you go to war. You could fill your prisons with one particular racial group and no one would complain. You could use the media to scare the people into supporting policies that are against their interests.”
Land of the free.
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If you are talking about landsize, sorry OP you should have payed more attention in geography class there are several countries that are greater although the US comes close.
But if you mean "greatest" in any other way you are a complete imbecile.Het bier zal weer vloeien
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06-29-2013, 12:12 PM #28
Both posts were untrue. His was said tongue in cheek. Yours was said on a serious level.
You know I was in the military over there how? Interesting, didn't know we're stationed in Sweden. Cool story bro.
Your comment is on par with this: Calmbrah, since you have never set foot on American soil and have only lived in Botswana, your opinion is incredibly invalid.#blackriflelivesmatter
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