Why is America so awesome?
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I think it's awesome that it's both the single greatest force for evil in the world today, and still manages to hog most of the stupidity.
I will agree, at least partially, with that assessment of public schools. I can't say as to your specific examples with the math (though I'm wondering what all you take, considering those 3 and geometry is the entire curriculum. I'm wondering if yours is just integrated), but they have issues with anything other than the norm, and are focused on getting people graduated. I had some issues with grade school, but those are mostly gone at this point (High School)Shiny Koi said:
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America is, shall we say, unique. Most of everything in this thread is a result of holdovers from the post-WWII era, where the US was largely dominant in everything. Russia was the only competitor, and look what happened to it. Our culture is ridiculously widespread - just think of the fact that other countries have to have their own domain extensions to specify that they AREN'T US.
Militarily and politically (international politics), I believe that the States are meddlesome - we are acting as the "world police", something that is literally the job of the UN. Even in the Cold War, we were trying to "protect" the world from communism, and failing miserably at it. (See: Vietnam. Originally there were two countries, just like Korea, but we dumped millions of dollars and thousands of troops into aiding the representative state against the communist state, which was backed by the USSR, and lost.) Any victories on that front were mostly in spite of ourselves. For proof of that, look at the aforementioned USSR.
Apart from this, it is undeniable that the U.S has made more than its fair share of contributions to the world stage - technologically, socially, politically. America had one of the earliest truly representational governments (dang it, it's a republic, not a democracy. The difference is we elect the people who actually make the decisions, because having EVERYONE vote on EVERY decision is just impractical, and has been since the origin of democracy in Athens of ancient Greece), and was key in the development of modern physics (especially electricity) and computers (including the internet)
Despite all of this, the main issue here seems to be the attitude of Americans and other people towards them. To this, I say we are all people - neither saints nor devils, some of us idiots, some of us not. We're no different than the rest of the world, we just have our own (sometimes egotistical) quirks.
TL;DR version:
America has made some amazing accomplishments, but that doesn't mean we're better than everyone else. We're human, too, and our people and our government make mistakes.
P.S. That was the most amazing necro I've ever seen, good job! Been dead over a year and only lasted a few days, even if there were 400+ posts... been going pretty well, too.
P.P.S. Some of the sarcastic stuff on here was massively entertaining, and the serious (rational) stuff was also massively educational. Nice waste of a couple hours, I guess. (Except I want to get up in 5 hours to listen/watch to Notch live. Dang.)
i think that is less to do with the americans being patriotic and more to do with the way they seem to do it. like on the forums they wont just say america is awesome they will say america is the best and every other country can suck on one of my and then post america fuck yeah videos.Toriver said:
Either really...LegendaryGamer0 said:On what? The subject of the thread or the guy who Necro'd it?WanderingFool said:
But the point is, anyone else can do the same to Americans with no consequence. I see it all the time. Just look at some posts in this very thread for examples! It's a huge double standard. Anti-Americanism is A-OK, anyone can have a go at the US. But don't you dare say anything mean about the UK unless you actually live there, or you'll be torn a new one! Actually, TBH, as much as many European and other Western countries' citizens here decry nationalism, I find bouts of nationalism in their own rants against the US all the time. In stuff like this... "Canada is awesome because we have so much better healthcare and education than the US. (Insert Canadian gloating here)" In other words, they seem to say, "Nationalism is wrong... as long as it's American nationalism." Nobody likes to be talked down to... Americans included. Americans can be more blunt about our nationalism, but although other countries are not as in-your-face with it, they are very smug and condescending about their nationalism which is just as grating as when an American shouts it to your face.Merkavar said:
"America" is not a country. America is two continents. One is called North America. The other is called South America.
One: You can not crap on America. I highly doubt two whole continents are completely worthless! Two: The United States Of America are awesome!
One: You can not crap on America. I highly doubt two whole continents are completely worthless! Two: The United States Of America are awesome!
I'm American and find the song hilarious. It is a parody with just enough truth to kill me every time.JakubK666 said:
OP: We're awesome because....uh....we said FU to the letter u in certain words like color and ardor.
America grew quite the ego when it "won" WW2 (I.E. claimed that it was the guys who curve stomped Hitler ignoring all those other guys in Red) and it became the World's Leading Super Power because the American dollar was and still is (for now) the reserve currency of the world.Sensenmann said:
I forgot which country killed Osama Bin Laden.
And you suck too.
http://www.healthcare-now.org/hr-676/
http://www.pnhp.org/publications/united-states-national-health-care-act-hr-676
Of course it's okay to be hateful and bigoted toward a given people based on their national origin.TheBaron87 said:
And you suck too.
Apparently you were either too lazy or too stupid to do enough research on Americas stance on national health insurance. There is a huge push by Americans for America to have a single-payer health plan. Oh, and I support this idea.Odgical said:
http://www.healthcare-now.org/hr-676/
http://www.pnhp.org/publications/united-states-national-health-care-act-hr-676
It seems like it is fairly popular on this forum to be hateful toward Americans or America. This is hate based on a persons national origin. As an American, I can say that most Americans don't repay the favor. We like other countries. That's why we allow ourselves to be influenced by other countries.
There are many reasons why the US is not awesome. Off the top of my head? The fact that they have monopolized the term "Americans". Mexicans are American, Brazilians are American, Canadians are American. Get over it.
However, then I remember that they have cheese in a can. Cheese. In. A. Can.
That's awesome that you can not buy!
However, then I remember that they have cheese in a can. Cheese. In. A. Can.
That's awesome that you can not buy!
Look, there are alot of problems with America. I know, because I have spoken them and so has every member of my family at great length. HOWEVER, the awesomeness is a matter of factual data, not opinion. A lousy day in America beats some of the best days in another country. People who live in a ghetto can still have it better than a great ton of people in the world. It's a rather unfortunate detail, but it is true.
