All you yanks say that AMERICA IS #1 yet when asked to clarify your statement, you cannot seem to back it up?

Question

Please, explain in what ways America is "NUMBER ONE"!

Answer 1

Number One. Is there any way to prove to someone loyal to another country that my country is better? Impossible. What we hold as being more important, other cultures do not. Does that make the others #1? No. does that make us #1? To us it does.

I have no trouble when you believe your country is the best. Why should you take offense when I believe mine is the best? Envy?

Why do I believe America is "Number One"?
- Vast natural resources. We feed the world.
- A young country that has become one all the world watches. You know our Presidents by name. Can you name ten other democratic leaders? Most cannot. We are in the world's eye.
- A culture defined by a melting pot of cultures. For centuries, America is the land of opportunity for everyone. You come here, work hard, accept that this country is not your former country, and success will be yours or your childrens, if you work for it.
- Freedoms. Our constitution defines what the limited government can do; otherwise, it cannot do it. Rights start as something the people own from our Maker, not something the government gives to us. I believe that makes the US constitution unique, for other countries define what rights you have. Does your country state a Freedom of Speech? Most do. The US constitution does not. Surprised? Our constitution says our government shall not abridge the people's free speech. Stuble distinction, but quite important. I already have the right of free speech, my government never gave it to me. They are prohibited from trying to take it away. Yours might amend its rights or limit them. Mine cannot.

Is America perfect? Absolutely not. Are some countries better in certain aspects? Absolutely. Is there any way to objectively weight these aspects to rank the countries? No. Every individual will give each aspect a different weighting and find for themselves which nation they consider "Number One."

As for me, I can claim the Unitied States of America as number one until YOU prove otherwise. Your proof has to every aspect of what makes a nation. You then have to assign weightings to those aspects. If I disagree withthe weightings, we re-adjust. Then we determine which country ranks as number one - for us two. for a third party will disagree with the wieghtings, and we are unlikely to find a common set of weightings for all people.

Answer 2

I am an American and I cannot say that America is number one. Maybe at one point in time, speaking in terms of military power, this country may have been number one, but I do not even think that is correct anymore. America has its problems, no doubt, but I still like my country, because I can say these things without fearing being imprisoned or worse. I still like my country because I have some basic freedoms.

Answer 3

I scrolled through the previous answers and my point that your premise is false has been demonstrated by the self-analytical replies. I am Canadian and could not wish for a better neighbour. In my personal life, as a traveller, Americans have done more for me than my compatriots. As a British child during WW11, I was well aware that despite the valour of our own forces, the job would not have been done without the equallly valliant sacrifices of the "Yanks" who came to our aid.
The U.S.A., like the U.K., has gone through its swings from left to right and also like the UK., has had its share of heroes and villains on both sides of the spectrum. (Next to Lord Haw Haw, Scargill of the Miners' Union stands out as the most notorious of British traitors.)
But I digress. Who, in your opinion IS #1. And how would YOU back it up?

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Americans remember the good old days when this country was on top of the world, with the biggest, wealthiest economy, when it had a beneficient foreign policy and other countries liked us, when our system stood for fairness and decency and freedom. But those days are gone. The people voted them away. And the supreme ct. voted them away, too. So America is collapsing. The economy is collapsing. The biggest generation in history is aging, becoming sick and weak and the fools voted away national health care--Rush Limbaugh was so entertaining, you see. Fine. Nothing lasts forever. If the people had been up to it, they could have kept the good things about America going for hundreds of years. But they didn't care. They had slogans. They had their superstitious phony religions. Maybe something better will come out of the rubble. Its too bad. It was a nice idea. It did do a lot of good, but it voted itself out of existence--the people just did not care.

Answer 6

1. We don't all say that.
2. I think Americans would assume that people from other countries would say that their countries are great.
3. You don't need to back up an opinion.
4. Why don't you put your energy into making your country better? Don't worry about us.

Answer 7

US has by far the largest GDP of any nation, and the largest military budget. There are a few countries which have slightly larger GDP's per capita, and slightly longer life expectancy.

Answer 8

I live in "America", and I don't say it's "#1". I think our country is in huge trouble, and the good people living here need to get rid of the rats (Bush, Cheney, etc.). who are making the rest of the world hate us.

Answer 9

it's number 1, but not in a good way, it's because it's the most powerful country on earth, the most well known and also probably the most hated.

Answer 10

There is no correct way.People are diffrent and have diffrent opinions.I personally think Its number one because I was born and raised there