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Is USA the best country in the world?

  • Yes, and I live here

    Votes: 117 59.1%
  • Yes, but I do not live there

    Votes: 3 1.5%
  • No, and I live here

    Votes: 48 24.2%
  • No, and I do not live there

    Votes: 30 15.2%

Is USA the best country in the world

13K views 71 replies 50 participants last post by  Henrygt 
#1 ·
I often hear people, say that it is the greatest or the best country on earth. What do you think?
Also, if you feel like it, state why you think one way or another.
 
#36 ·
Haven't lived anywhere else and haven't visited other "first-world" countries so I could be wrong, but I voted for it as the best. I've visited Mexico, Honduras, Curacao, and the Cayman Islands though. What strikes me is the difference in the definition of poor. Here we (the government anyway) often count people with houses, cell phones, cars, air conditioning, and refrigerators as being "poor". I think it kind of makes a country great when those counted among our poorest would be considered rich in many other countries. Hopefully one day I'll get to visit more countries and find out if I'm wrong.
 
#37 ·
I'm from Canada but I would be hesitant to move to the US dues to all the rights that are being stripped. Things like being help for 24hr without provocation, to be searched without probable cause. If Canada turns into like the US I would fight with everything I have to get these rights back. If a government that talks about freedoms but acts like a dictatorship it is a dictatorship and will not be tolerated.
 
#38 ·
I like America, but it is not the best. I've had relatives and ancestors who emigrated to America but how does that still make it the best? You still have the Ku Klux Klan, Guantanamo Bay and police brutality. The only thing that can make a country do good is the people who live in it and the people who run it. Yeah America has had Bush who declared war on anything that moved. And let's not forget all those massacres. I'm not saying that it is just America that has massacres but you don't see the other countries going around rubbing their 'greatness' in your faces. To finish this post off I'll leave yous with this clip:

 
#39 ·
!!!!!!!!!

I like America, but it is not the best. I've had relatives and ancestors who emigrated to America but how does that still make it the best? You still have the Ku Klux Klan, Guantanamo Bay and police brutality. The only thing that can make a country do good is the people who live in it and the people who run it. Yeah America has had Bush who declared war on anything that moved. And let's not forget all those massacres. I'm not saying that it is just America that has massacres but you don't see the other countries going around rubbing their 'greatness' in your faces. To finish this post off I'll leave yous with this clip:

Will McAvoy Meltdown / Rant on The Newsroom - YouTube
Yeah, well...

Ireland sucks!

:p:p:p:p:p
 
#42 ·
I have lived close to 20 years overseas, in Europe and Asia. I don’t know how many countries I have visited but I’m on my 6th or 7th passport. I’ve learned a lot along the way, dispelled many stereotypes that I’ve heard, created many friends. To say that it has been a mind expanding experience would be an understatement. However, it is clear that regardless of nationality, faith or ideologies, we all want the same things: a relatively comfortable life, a decent job, a decent house and to raise our kids to higher levels than we have achieved.

Freedom is subjective. If we are talking about fiscal freedom (property rights, business rights, labor rights, etc), then no, we are not the freest. There are quite a few countries ahead of us. It is the same for social mobility, free press, healthcare, education, etc.
For day to day life, certain things are easier here. Anything that involves a governmental process (DMV, city/state/fed affairs) etc seems to be more fluid and better organized. On the other hand, I see lots of signs that prohibits from doing things. You go to the beach and there 25 items you can’t bring. I see lots of no trespassing signs despite being public property. Every year seems like there is a new wave of signs telling what you can and cannot do.

Our legal system is unique in that you can sue anyone for anything without any financial penalty if you were wrong. A drunk urinates on a power line and dies. His family gets awarded millions because the power company didn’t have a sign. So every private or public entity tries to prohibit everything to protect themselves from lawsuits. This is turn affects our personal freedom.

There are some stupid rules too. If I’m at a bar and decide to walk outside, I am prohibited from taking my beer outside. From a freedom perspective, it denies me the right to my personal property. I bought the item but I have not been given full right over it. It’s silly. Interestingly enough, in most countries, people talk about two of the biggest taboos we usually don’t talk about in public: politics and religion. I’ve always found that rather ironic.

Despite having countries that are freer then us, if you are from here, then you want to come back because it is what you know. What you are comfortable with. If you were born in Singapore then you would want to back there instead of staying here. Singapore is just a free, if not freer in many terms. That’s what you know.

Our biggest advantage is our size. We have a great country in term of natural diversity. We have the Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, the gulf, the great lakes, the great canyon, the Appalachians, the Rockies, and so on. All bound by the same language, the same McDonald, the same TV channels, the same sports…You have plenty of room to roam. If you don’t like NYC, maybe Vermont will suit you or Texas, or California… each region as its own sub-culture. So that’s a great asset that few countries possess. If you live in Lichtenstein and don’t like it,well, you don’t have much for in-country options.

I find us to be friendly overall. Maybe not so much in the biggest of our metropolis (NY,LA,etc) but that is true for most large cities in the world. Once you go in the country side, people are generally friendly, hospitable and inquisitive. While this also hold true to a certain degree worldwide, Americans are generally quick to say hello to a perfect stranger. I find us to be also straightforward. We tend to mean what we say and say what we mean. In some countries, getting to the bottom of things can be a very laborious process.

At the end of the day, we got good beer, good women, good hunting and good fishing… what else is there?
 
#43 ·
Unless you have traveled widely it's a question you can't really answer and be taken seriously. But for my money Switzerland would be the best country I've been to by far. And if you're a citizen they GIVE you a SIG SG 550 to keep at home. Where else in the world would a government GIVE you a nasty evil black gun? :)
 
#52 ·
I have been to every continent except Antarctica and Australia. I have seen the good and bad in most of these places. Lots of nice spots on God's green earth but there is no place like the USA and it's citizens. Asia sucks, The once great nations of Europe have nothing to offer and hold onto the past. I like to hunt in Africa but you couldn't pay me enough to live there. I used to enjoy South and Central American but they have gone downhill as well. We aren't what we used to be since the sheep keep voting in losers, hence I prep as I do, but we still have more to offer than anyone, we are freer than anyone else and every time someone mucks their country up too bad it seems we are the ones who have to go in and pull their asses from the fire. I will still take the USA over anywhere else.
 
#53 ·
Sounds like a racist to me..

And btw, the world would be a better place if those who go overseas to "help", would stay at home instead. You only help some corporate players and bankers, while the majority suffer.

A lot of countries in the world are as "free" as USA. I can not believe you are still falling for the cold war propaganda.
When there is a crisis, most people in the world talk about how terrible it is with all the lost lives. On the US news they talk about how terrible it is with "American lost lives".

American people are people just like everyone else, and there are a lot of good people in USA. Sadly there is also heavy brainwashing, that turns a lot of good people into easily led, prejudice fools.
 
#55 ·
Funny guy. If we hadn't gone overseas to save Europe from the NAZI's tell me what your life would be like. NO RACISM HERE from me, that is the line that comes out of socialists whenever they have to talk with someone like me. I haven't got a bigoted bone in my body but I have been around, I have truly seen the world and faced what it has to offer. I do not believe in moral relativity. Right is right, wrong is wrong, good is never evil, and the truth is absolute.

I have been in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. All are beautiful countries and I liked Finland the best. Where have you lived and what have you experienced to lecture me about the greatest nation on earth?
 
#65 ·
we're near the top... maybe top 10 or so... definitely NOT the best... the best is in europe...

but the best part of this poll is that all the ppl you voted yes are mostly the ones that live in the us... i think its too easy to vote for the place you live.... ESPECIALLY if youve never experienced what is outside of your bubble
 
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