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Originally Posted by chinthee In absolute terms, nobody can argue with the economic, political and military might of the US today. | Won any wars lately?  | Just economic, cultural (movies, books, music), and political. |
Now there I agree with you (apart from the political thingy). I have a great respect for what the US has achieved in terms of economy and creativity, and culturally, there has been some good things too (blues & jazz mainly!).
Politically, I don't really know if there is much to be proud of. A two party system with massive corruption and cronyism.....
Militarily? - in my opinion, when people start being proud of their military, they are heading down the wrong path. The less the military is used, the better the government has been doing its job, and vice versa. In a perfect society, the military should be just another government institution.
In my experience. most USians are actually rather nice people - a bit naive about the outside world, but still..... If they could only learn to be a bit less attention-seeking I am sure we would all get along much better. Learning how to speak instead of shouting would be a good start.....
And why do people from the US always refer to themselves as "Americans" when Canadians, Mexican, Brazillians, etc don't?