(November 10, 2016 at 1:34 pm)abaris Wrote: In response the the title - when was it ever?
It always was a normal country with normal flaws since it's been inhabited by people and not some master race. It's only the Mohammed Ali narrative hammered into the heads of every school kid that made it look like the greatest in many people's minds.
It depends how you define normal.
The USA is definitely above average as a country in terms of economy size, education, life span.
Talking about which country is the greatest or what a normal country is pretty vague though. I wouldn't say America is the greatest I'd say it's an objectively good country in terms of tangible things you can actually measure though.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
