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I Am Tired of America

I'm tired of some Americans stating The US is #1. I understand there are some things here that people can do that some countries can't do, such as criticize their president, express their thoughts about certain issues on social media, etc.

But to say that the US is #1 is false when there are many problems here that need work done. For example: the education system, infrastructure, the trillion dollar debt problem, the judicial system and so on.

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ozgirl512 · 31-35, F

I'm not American ... But I think there's two parts to this ... The first is that most Americans don't seem to know much about the rest of the world .. There bought up to believe it's the best ... Once that may have been true .... The second part is that while people believe that you don't have to change anything!

Ynotisay · M

@ozgirl512: You're right about the rest of the world and I think that has a lot to do with geography. We're very separated here. It's a huge country with ocean on two sides. I think that motivates a bit of isolationism from the rest of the world.

ozgirl512 · 31-35, F

@Ynotisay: not trying to be difficult here but I don't know if that's valid :)
Down here were even more isolated, plus with the sorts of communications available over the last 50 years it should have had an impact ... I think the problem is one of hearkening back to the golden age in the 50s ... I think that's what Trump tapped into also .. I could be wrong, these are just my thoughts

Ynotisay · M

@ozgirl512: True. But to equate Australia, which is where I'll assume you live based on your name, with the U.S. isn't exactly a fair comparison. 23 million people is a little different vibe than a country of 325 million.

But you are right in some wanting to go back to the "good 'ol days." The problem is when they think of that what they really want is to go back to a day when gays were in the closet, blacks "knew their place," women were second class citizens and the entire show was run by white men.
They can beat their chests about that all they want but it will NEVER happen. The drag is they pull the rest of us down from progressing.

ozgirl512 · 31-35, F

@Ynotisay: I'll answer your last paragraph guy first as it's the easiest ... I agree with everything you said there ... And I'll just comment that you can't stick your head in the sand and ignore digital press otherwise you get left behind.
And my comparison between Australia and the states was more along the lines of physical isolation and culture ... Here we were mainly British stock up until just after the war ... You guys always drew emigrants from a much wider net of cultures ... Food is a great example of cultural intermingling, the cuisines from various parts of the world that is now part of everyday life there ... Here we had to wait till the 50s to start getting away from meat and three veg British meals .. And I'm so glad we did!

Ynotisay · M

@ozgirl512: All I know is I've NEVER met an Aussie who wasn't a pretty cool and happy person. I actually did some work for a while trying to help introduce Netball to the U.S. A great example of one of the differences between the way our countries view things. It was a hard sell. :)

ozgirl512 · 31-35, F

@Ynotisay: thanks... But I think we have just as many dick heads as other countries lol