An open letter to certain parties...

[conuly]

"Greatest country in the world" is a meaningless statement until and unless you give some sort of metric. In what way is this the "greatest" country? What, exactly, are you measuring here? That's not sarcasm - or, at least, it doesn't have to be. Just give me something to work with here!

(I've tried actually asking people individually, but I've never gotten anything constructive out of them. I think they don't know what they mean either.)

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[rhoda_rants]

I kinda wonder if it's more about patriotic loyalty. Like, not even any specific Thing but you're not a True Patriotic or Anti-American if you don't think America is the BEST. (Assuming you're talking about America--correct me if I'm wrong.) Which is nonsense, obviously, but I'd wager that's where this line of thinking goes.

Once in a US Government class in high school, the teacher was getting us talking about this America Is The Best thing, and eventually asked, "Okay, but who's BETTER than America?" One kid said, "Sweden." I said, "Australia." Both immediately, and without raising our hands. I don't think I'd say the same thing now (Australia is dealing with some shiiiiiiiit, but at least they don't have guns anymore--plus, Monster Spiders, and the second-best Chris), but I think she was mostly shocked that we had an actual answer.

[conuly]

LOL.