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Post by alfromni on Jul 7, 2021 17:33:49 GMT
Seems to me as an outsider looking in that about half (give or take) of Americans think that the USA is the greatest country/nation on the planet, the other half (give or take) think otherwise.
Personally I've never had any interest of even visiting the place, but I'd be interested to see the result of an IMDB:2 poll on this matter.
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Post by spooner5020 on Jul 7, 2021 18:29:35 GMT
It’s not perfect. Is it better than any other country? Maybe. Definitely would live here than China. Everyone just wants to look back on the racist past of America. It USED to be very racist. It’s NOT like that anymore no matter how much the media tries to portray it to be.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 7, 2021 18:37:42 GMT
No only Britain is great
I mean its in the name
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Post by Stammerhead on Jul 7, 2021 19:20:50 GMT
No only Britain is great I mean its in the name And Greater London is greater.
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Post by Spitfire926f on Jul 7, 2021 19:21:01 GMT
Seems to me as an outsider looking in that about half (give or take) of Americans think that the USA is the greatest country/nation on the planet, the other half (give or take) think otherwise. Personally I've never had any interest of even visiting the place, but I'd be interested to see the result of an IMDB:2 poll on this matter. I said yes. I love my country, and the principles it was founded on, despite its many problems. That said, I don't expect people from other countries to feel the same. My hope is that everyone can feel like their country is the best. I'd love to visit the UK. I'd like to go to Ireland (where my gram was from), then Scotland, then end in England. England is so tied to American history I feel like all Americans should visit at least once.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2021 20:36:49 GMT
I guess that's what trump was trying to fix
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 7, 2021 21:23:23 GMT
I have to side with YES. Is it the greatest country? Probably not, but it is better than most countries from what I have read.
I believe strongly in what the constitution stands for, even if the country has made many many mistakes over the years.
One thing that really bugs me though is when complainers are told "if you don't like it here then leave," as if just picking up and moving to a new country is easy.
There is such a thing as being blindly patriotic.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 7, 2021 21:27:14 GMT
Seems to me as an outsider looking in that about half (give or take) of Americans think that the USA is the greatest country/nation on the planet, the other half (give or take) think otherwise. Personally I've never had any interest of even visiting the place, but I'd be interested to see the result of an IMDB:2 poll on this matter. I said yes. I love my country, and the principles it was founded on, despite its many problems. That said, I don't expect people from other countries to feel the same. My hope is that everyone can feel like their country is the best.
I'd love to visit the UK. I'd like to go to Ireland (where my gram was from), then Scotland, then end in England. England is so tied to American history I feel like all Americans should visit at least once. There are clear cut cases where some countries are objectively not the best. North Korea would probably be #1. I guess it depends on how much freedom and civil rights means to the individual.
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Post by vegalyra on Jul 7, 2021 21:42:06 GMT
It's great but like any other country in the world, it's imperfect.
I think the things that the USA has accomplished and contributed to in world history greatly outweighs the bad.
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Post by mstreepsucks on Jul 7, 2021 21:44:01 GMT
Yes i think it's the best also.
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Post by Spitfire926f on Jul 7, 2021 22:09:48 GMT
I said yes. I love my country, and the principles it was founded on, despite its many problems. That said, I don't expect people from other countries to feel the same. My hope is that everyone can feel like their country is the best.
I'd love to visit the UK. I'd like to go to Ireland (where my gram was from), then Scotland, then end in England. England is so tied to American history I feel like all Americans should visit at least once. There are clear cut cases where some countries are objectively not the best. North Korea would probably be #1. I guess it depends on how much freedom and civil rights means to the individual. Definitely. But my pollyanna-hope is that someday every country will have freedoms we enjoy in the west. That said, I don't expect people from Canada or the UK to feel some kind of way about the States. Every country has their own set of problems, but if you can feel like where you are is the best place to be, that's awesome
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2021 1:41:06 GMT
I guess that's what trump was trying to fix What was he trying to fix , Corbindallas ? He was a contemptuous arrogant narcissist . What did he know about politics or fixing the country ? And he really didn't know how to play the game . How many professional bureaucrats did he fire , because they showed the public how self serving and stupid he was . This was the guy who went into politics because he couldn't stand that a black American was a popular leader of their country . This was also the guy who realised when he wasn't going to win re-election stirred up the volatile members of his party to ransack the Capitol , then went and hid until the fight was over , and denied he started that . And I think the only thing that person is interested in is fixing is own financial pocket .
Other than that rancid divisive troublemaker , America was once a great nation , that possibly could be again . What it needs are upright politicians , statesmen/women with a vision of the future . A leader who can use bureaucracy and government to encourage investment in industry and business in their nation .
America leads the world in movie entertainment , and was entirely responsible for the computer revolution . All they have to do is to further build extending those concepts .
you think movies and entertainment will save the world? He fired people because they were unable to MAGA. He needed the right people. Everything else you said is false.
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Post by alfromni on Jul 8, 2021 6:21:36 GMT
I don't intend to join the debate, I'm not really qualified to do so. But I would like to make one point.
Love of country is fine and most inhabitants of free countries have just that. But unlike most of the pro-"greatest" population of the U.S., particularly the right wing media, they don't incessantly scream to the point of tedium about their country as being "the greatest" , even if they think it is.
To do so would seemingly smack of a lack of confidence in the belief of what they're screaming, wouldn't you agree? Sort of a converse "The lady doth protest too much methinks".
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 8, 2021 6:29:09 GMT
Don't want to get into politics. Every nation has good and bad points. I will keep the comments mainly to my area of work.
I work in finance industry and I analyze financial statements of large multinational companies. Must say that there is a clear difference in the standard of financial statements provided by the US companies and the rest of the world. US companies' financial reports are so organized, systematic, neat and clean. At the same time, the European companies issue very lazy, unclear and highly uninformative reports. Must say that The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is a very nicely and professionally managed regulatory body. Asian or European counterparts are not.
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Post by Nora on Jul 8, 2021 13:06:15 GMT
Don't want to get into politics. Every nation has good and bad points. I will keep the comments mainly to my area of work. I work in finance industry and I analyze financial statements of large multinational companies. Must say that there is a clear difference in the standard of financial statements provided by the US companies and the rest of the world. US companies' financial reports are so organized, systematic, neat and clean. At the same time, the European companies issue very lazy, unclear and highly uninformative reports. Must say that The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is a very nicely and professionally managed regulatory body. Asian or European counterparts are not. same experience here for both finacial and legal compliance - there is a noticeable diff between level of order and detail in US vs non US comapnies, perhaps the Germans are one exception to the rule
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Post by rizdek on Jul 8, 2021 13:47:25 GMT
As a citizen who might be biased...I think it's great. I thought it was great long before that became a presidential campaign motto.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 8, 2021 14:59:10 GMT
Everybody are free to think that their own country is great.
But if your country really is as great/the best as you claim, it should be obvious without saying it all the time.
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 8, 2021 19:41:06 GMT
Don't want to get into politics. Every nation has good and bad points. I will keep the comments mainly to my area of work. I work in finance industry and I analyze financial statements of large multinational companies. Must say that there is a clear difference in the standard of financial statements provided by the US companies and the rest of the world. US companies' financial reports are so organized, systematic, neat and clean. At the same time, the European companies issue very lazy, unclear and highly uninformative reports. Must say that The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is a very nicely and professionally managed regulatory body. Asian or European counterparts are not. same experience here for both finacial and legal compliance - there is a noticeable diff between level of order and detail in US vs non US comapnies, perhaps the Germans are one exception to the rule Glad to know that you also felt the same and thanks for letting me know that reporting is more or less the same for compliance related matters too. I think it all starts with the regulatory bodies and how actively they make the rules. US regulatory bodies seem to make rules that are transparent and consistent.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jul 8, 2021 21:28:09 GMT
I dig it here.
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