Is America the greatest country in the world?

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    pjhawks said:
    if other countries are so much better than the US i wonder why the caravan isn't walking thousands of miles to get into those countries.

    and the saddest part of Trump's and the Republicans attitude towards the caravan is not understanding how miserable a life is to walk thousands of miles to escape whatever horrible conditions they are leaving from and thinking their intentions are somehow to harm America.
    Geography? Oceans and land mass?
    Available jobs for undocumented workers is also obviously a big factor.
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  • my2hands
    my2hands Posts: 17,117
    edited November 2018
    PJ_Soul said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    pjhawks said:
    if other countries are so much better than the US i wonder why the caravan isn't walking thousands of miles to get into those countries.

    and the saddest part of Trump's and the Republicans attitude towards the caravan is not understanding how miserable a life is to walk thousands of miles to escape whatever horrible conditions they are leaving from and thinking their intentions are somehow to harm America.
    Geography? Oceans and land mass?
    Available jobs for undocumented workers is also obviously a big factor.
    Absolutely, and access to social services, education, driving privileges, etc... 
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 42,364
    If Europe were equidistant and connected by a land mass, don’t you think some would choose Europe?
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    And parenthetically, can we please get that land bridge to Europe? 
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    oftenreading said:
    And parenthetically, can we please get that land bridge to Europe? 
    And Hawaii!
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Every country will say they are the greatest. Australians do it. Americans do it. And I am sure many others do too.
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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,915
    In fact Europe has plenty of people crossing boarders in the night and walking 100s of miles with children to enter countries for a chance of a better future


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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    Have we agreed on the definition of "greatest" here yet?
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    edited November 2018
    brianlux said:
    Have we agreed on the definition of "greatest" here yet?
    Not yet, still working on it.  We need to form and create committees to set the guidelines?
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  • brianlux
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    Meltdown99 said:
    brianlux said:
    Have we agreed on the definition of "greatest" here yet?
    Not yet, still working on it.  We need to form and create committees to set the guidelines?
    Yes and I think you are just the right person to chair that committee... unless someone on the board has objections.

    No?

    OK, you're in!
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,484
    edited November 2018
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Every country will say they are the greatest. Australians do it. Americans do it. And I am sure many others do too.
    But if you have all the problems the US has, or giant spiders like Australia you are laughably wrong. :)
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,484
    edited November 2018
    brianlux said:
    Have we agreed on the definition of "greatest" here yet?
    Well it does not involve having the biggest army or a population dumb enough to give Donald Trump the presidency, helping ruining the world. 

    So the US is out of the running atleast. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    brianlux said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    brianlux said:
    Have we agreed on the definition of "greatest" here yet?
    Not yet, still working on it.  We need to form and create committees to set the guidelines?
    Yes and I think you are just the right person to chair that committee... unless someone on the board has objections.

    No?

    OK, you're in!
    I have to decline ... 
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    brianlux said:
    Have we agreed on the definition of "greatest" here yet?
    Well it does not involve having the biggest army or a population dumb enough to give Donald Trump the presidency, helping ruining the world. 

    So the US is out of the running atleast. 
    Trump ruining the world.  Then the rest of the world is pathetic.  Also, have you noticed the damage the previous 2 presidents have caused in the Middle East and Afghanistan...
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Every country will say they are the greatest. Australians do it. Americans do it. And I am sure many others do too.
    Do they?  It seems like we talk about it a lot.  Granted I don’t spend much time in other countries but I have always viewed this chest-thumping as uniquely American.
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  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
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    Halifax2TheMax said:
    pjhawks said:
    if other countries are so much better than the US i wonder why the caravan isn't walking thousands of miles to get into those countries.

    and the saddest part of Trump's and the Republicans attitude towards the caravan is not understanding how miserable a life is to walk thousands of miles to escape whatever horrible conditions they are leaving from and thinking their intentions are somehow to harm America.
    Geography? Oceans and land mass?

    Cue:

    Doesn't matter. They could easily use bamboo reeds as snorkels and get there if those European countries were so so great. Not only that... they could just as easily build a big trampoline and jump over the crappy US to get to Canada.

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
    Halifax2TheMax said:
    pjhawks said:
    if other countries are so much better than the US i wonder why the caravan isn't walking thousands of miles to get into those countries.

    and the saddest part of Trump's and the Republicans attitude towards the caravan is not understanding how miserable a life is to walk thousands of miles to escape whatever horrible conditions they are leaving from and thinking their intentions are somehow to harm America.
    Geography? Oceans and land mass?

    Cue:

    Doesn't matter. They could easily use bamboo reeds as snorkels and get there if those European countries were so so great. Not only that... they could just as easily build a big trampoline and jump over the crappy US to get to Canada.

    USA USA USA
    There is no point coming to Canada, from what I have read most would lose their asylum claims in Canada.  
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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,915
    OnWis97 said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Every country will say they are the greatest. Australians do it. Americans do it. And I am sure many others do too.
    Do they?  It seems like we talk about it a lot.  Granted I don’t spend much time in other countries but I have always viewed this chest-thumping as uniquely American.
    I know some English act that way and so do Norwegians 


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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    How many other countries have a holiday just for their countries birthday.  Surely Canada and the US are not the only countries.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,694
    brianlux said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    brianlux said:
    Have we agreed on the definition of "greatest" here yet?
    Not yet, still working on it.  We need to form and create committees to set the guidelines?
    Yes and I think you are just the right person to chair that committee... unless someone on the board has objections.

    No?

    OK, you're in!
    I object.
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