OPINION: America: “Greatest Country in the World”

I had a conversation with 2 other individuals tonight we did not have the same belief as the other, all of us got to say our peace and beliefs no fights started no government showed up this is what makes America the greatest country in the world were allowed to have different opinions and can still be friends.. figure it out

does anyone know the main idea of this??

In the third world we view America as the greatest country in the world for being the undisputed leader in:
-International films, media production and music.
-Computer Science and Internet: Internet appeared in America and all major computer programs were American, and all international websites as well.
-Interfering in the politics of countries because they are the largest funders of third world countries.
Immigration from different countries of the world contributed to the United States in making it the most famous country in the world, where the proportion of immigrants in the last 100 years is close to 50% of the total population, this is only in America.

Good job, Arnold. This was beautifully written.

@Arnold i actually read all of it. To start, it is total legit to say america is the best country. No one shouls doubt that. But to critisise your country can also be a patroatic act. If you want to emprove your country.

I totally agree america has an intresting and rich history. A lot was ahead of his time, but since then 200 years past and the world had changed. The elections system as an example. It is outdated. Even the british system with his long parlamental tradition is now much moderner then the american. Nowhere in Europe you have something insane like gerrymandering. Dammed that should be illegal.

„ The USA has the world in medical research“. Sorry but i strongly disagree, alone in Europa there are mulitple countrys with a strong health research capacity. Look on the covid 19 vaccine, one american/german co vacine to three vacines in europe developed (not including sputnik). Medicine is developed around the globe and is in the intresting market normaly similar quick available. A lot of time the national pharma industrie just trade production rights. So can be an medicine developed in america be labeled in France with an local companie and the other way around.

Healthcare system and education can be outstanding in the USA, if you have the rigth whealthy family. With money you can have a really good live but thats shouldnt be an argument. The rich russians/chinese have the same good education and medicine tratment. A society should be meassured how it treats his weakes. And compare to russia america looks better, but not compare to a single western european state.

Homeless is a problem in every country, till now, no one has an solution. Also the points you mentioned i heard from european socialworkers as well. But if you are intrestet there is an promising new try by the finish goverment, worth googlen.

In my studies my statistic prof said two intresting sentences „untruth, lie, statistic“ and „dont trust any statistic you havent faked yourself“. In Statistic you decide which parameters are intresting, which you want to show and which you letting fall off the chart. You can make look everthink good or bad, either ways. But to be honest both side use the tool. Balance of terror, i suppose.

An intresting point is that youself using the same technick. You compare america to a lot of places around the world. You decided to ignore countrys which are in the same wealthy range and picked out worser examples.
Norwegian(in my opinion the best system in the world, or to be more specifig the best petrol staate ), denmark, sweden, finnland, GB, ireland, germany, france, netherland, belgium, austria, switzerland, luxemburg, lichtenstein, italy, spain, canada, new zealand, australia, south korea and Japan.

These are country you can fairly compare you to. If you pick somalia of course you win and ecept for N- Korea every county on your list(of worser Places) can do the same trick.

„American is the best in more categories than any other country; it’s average in a lot, and even below average in some, but all in all, the overall grade is higher than all.“

May i ask which categories you have in mind?

I only can imagine military(the actually militar as well the fabrication of weaposn)? Movies (but to be honest the last years it was more average quality). Silicon valley, of course and space technology. (but there are only four player in the buisnis, the chinese, the russians and esa maybe in the future india)

In my selection there where a few areas where america would lead and many where america would be at best average.

I hope i didnt offend you in any way. I am totally open for an discussion. Greetings from Europe.

The article has OPINION in the title. @Jordan says these are facts with sources, yet no sources were listed. You’re just pointing out the flaws in America, and saying that this is why America isn’t the “best”. I’m so sick of these people shitting on their on country because a certain category isn’t up to par with another country.
“We slaughtered 100 million people who called this place home” there were 60 million natives here before 1492 and 90% died from diseases (https://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/variables/smallpox.html); there was an instance of Natives that received small pox from blankets, but that accounted for not even 1% of those deaths. When you say Native Americans you’re referring to multiple tribes, but these tribes were there own countries and territories, who were at war (remember these are still humans); they weren’t at peace and were trying to conquer each other. They weren’t advanced enough to form a proper government and official territories. Either way saying that the the current USA is flawed because of its past horrendous past is hilarious, because most countries has just as dark of a past if not darker. Though the past can absolutely leave a negative impact on the present and future.
I don’t think saying because this is flawed and this country does it better, means they’re better. All around America has to be the best country in the world. They lead in way to many things for them not to be. Even the USA’s flaws are still ranked in the top 30 in the world; just because the USA doesn’t lead the world in every category doesn’t mean it isn’t the best country in the world. The USA’s founding fathers have completely changed the world with their Christian values and political inventions (religion has little influence now, but was completely needed in those days). The USA has the world in medical research, has the highest quality healthcare (yes it has a price problem, but it’s the best healthcare treatment by far!) @Jordan; it also leads in technology (by far), education (even though the US does not have the highest average IQ), Artificial intelligence, entertainment, robotics, billionaires (because are system is very efficient for most), aerospace and aviation, they donate more to charities, they have the worlds best college education (by far), the highest GDP, their political system is the best (they’re just brainwashed into believing a 2 party system), its the best country for entrepreneurship, it has the most diverse geography (it’s a very big country), it has the most cultural influence on the world, it also created the modern day government and political systems (though they were influenced by the Romans and others).
Yes, the USA has flaws. It has a high population so, it has a lot more problems. Per capita, most of its flaws are not nearly as bad as you think. The incarceration rate is high because of the high crime rates in urban areas; The USA is extremely safe in most areas compared to most countries; the crime per 1,000 people is even close to being terrible (it’s actually below the average rate); the US media is the biggest in the world and has a microscope on all of their problems; they get a lot of criticism because for the most part more people in the world know what’s happening in the USA more than any other. country but their own, and a lot of people in the USA are oblivious to the whole world because of the media influence, so they think the USA is so terrible even though they’re spoiled and don’t know what real inequality, starvation, and even poverty looks like.
I live in the USA and have a diverse racial and cultural background, and I can honestly say that I absolutely love it here. Other countries have better things that I would like for the USA to adapt like better food quality, free college education for American citizens, and better public transportation (our country is too big).
The media is exaggerating everything. Most people get along no matter what they are and that’s the absolute truth. There is a small percentage of people who are terrible but the media focuses on them. When was the last time a positive story blew up? If you think logically about it you’ll realize that their small percentage of people don’t represent 100% of the population.
As for the homelessness, I work with homeless people, and they’re completely spoiled as hell, Though I always treat them fairly and with respect. Half of them are obese, picky eaters that won’t eat if they don’t like what you’ve cooked (completely mind boggling when I first started here). In the program I work for they get their own rooms and bathrooms, all three meals, plus snack. The program gives them 30 days to get a job and housing for themselves and they get extensions if needed (only if they they’ve made progress, or are actually trying), and we take care of a majority of their problems; we give them many resources for anything you can think of. Only 20% of our intakes actually attempt to change their lives and take things seriously, while the rest use the program for three meals and a bed, (keep in mind we also help them with getting proper meds and therapy). Most of them are here because they’re are very difficult to be around and their families got fed up with them. We get called racial slurs, all kinds of other insults, sometimes attacked, and sometimes harassed mentally and physically. The USA just has lots of ways to survive (survive as in living without contributing to society by having no job and no home) by exploiting, using, and abusing the system. What I mean is our homeless people are some of the most wealthy homeless in the world; they’re made up of people who can’t follow rules, people who are lazy, people with drug/alcohol addictions, and people with mental disorders; Once in a while there will be a normal person who fell on hard times because of the system here. If our homeless people think they’re entitled to everything and are picky eaters, than I don’t think the government can do much but give them money, which they do; along with many other things; they still fail to succeed because of their own doing, or their parent’s doing a majority of the time (which is sad). People get kicked out a lot for breaking dozens of simple rules and they blame us for it; this happens about twice a week. Even when we give them so many chances and when we have had enough, we write up a contract that they sign that states, if they break this specific rule one more time they’re discharged. 9/10 times they break the rule again, I’ve only known of one person who didn’t and she technically did break the rule, I just didn’t say anything because it was her last day until she discharged in the morning and she actually utilized her resources and found a job and housing. People need to start investigating why things are the way they are instead of jumping to conclusions and spreading their opinion because they interpret a statistic a certain way.
Also, another thing is the fact that the USA is a republic; it is made up by 50 states and each state controls its own laws and has its own economy; remember the US is as big as all of Europe and almost has just as much people. So when you look at each state, you realize that it’s pretty by narrow minded to lump states with high crime/homeless rates with states with other states. California is the perfect example; they have the highest crime rates, homeless rates, gun violence, poverty; they have one of the highest wage gaps as well. What’s interesting about this is that CA is the state that pushes all of these laws that only affect them, and blame the whole system. Their gun control grade on every website is an A+, yet they have more homicides than anyone. So they push these laws on to everyone, when it only affects them. How the world thinks of Americans is how the rest of the country feels about highly populated states like CA, NY, IL, TX and MD. But again because these place are populated heavily they have more crime. While their crime per capita rates are high, they aren’t the highest. It’s important to understand statistics when you use them. This is why journalist should try to be as less opinionated as possible, because they blindly throw out statistics and influence people who trust them.
The USA has bad things and excellent, you just have to focus on the good because it unanimously outweighs the bad. American is the best in more categories than any other country; it’s average in a lot, and even below average in some, but all in all, the overall grade is higher than all.
I’m an American patriot and I’m proud of my country despite its flaws that I am willing to admit exist…

Great job on the article! The idea that “America is not the greatest country in the world” is a thought that’s been running around in my mind for quite some time now. I feel that this article has given me answers to the some of the questions and speculations that I’ve had on this matter, and I’m glad that you were able to shed light on some of the issues that this country is facing.

I mostly appreciate that this article isn’t politically biased or written with vindictive intent. You simply had a curiosity that you were interested in researching, and that’s what made this article so enjoyable to read. Also, you’re very well-spoken and articulate. Especially for someone who is only 20-years-old. Again, great article!

I think your article is spot on. Sadly the ones commenting on this have never left their backyard. The truth isn’t always pretty.