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Do Americans actually believe their country is the best?
I know everyone is patriotic, but some people, Americans on yahoo, seem to think their country is actually the best, is this a wide spread opinion? or just some rants on yahoo?
I honestly don't believe that they do believe that, just wondering if it /is/ widespread, I haven't been to America in 10 years or so, it might of changed since then, I'm just asking and definitely not judging :)
@Arctic the Fierce
I'm not from a poor country, Scotland is not poor, I have a comfortable living. I know everyone if patriotic, but to think your country is actually the best, is that not a bit ignorant? I don't think my country is the best, high teen pregnancy, high knife crime etc, etc, every country has problems, very much including the USA.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Its true, alot of americans have never left their country and have no idea what the rest of the world is like. They believe america is the most free country in the world and think the world revolves around this plot of land. Its called ignorance.
Note i said 'alot' not all.
@ EdwardFox
Tipping is a great way to encourage excellent customer service and it works. Go into an american restaurant to get served then go into an english restaurant and tell me how long you wait for your soda to be refilled in each. Tipping leaves it up to the customer how much someone generally gets paid. As alot of tipping jobs in USA pay well below minimum wage. Its a great system.
Source(s): US Citizen - Ed FoxLv 71 decade ago
I am actually British, but I think America is the best country in the world.
Great system of government, great President.
The only things wrong with America are
the bizarre obsession with tipping combined with service personnel somehow believing they have a right to a tip (tip = total stranger giving away part of his hard earned salary to you simply for doing the job you are paid to do)
The way cell phone networks cheat their customers with charges for things that are totally free in most other countries. In most countries, it is totally free to receive an international text or call because the person sending the text or making the call has already paid.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
This attitude is common among everyone. People in poor countries think their country is the best there is so why should we Americans not be allowed to think that way?
I am a naturalized US Citizen and to me the US is the best country in the world.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
We are the best because we are 1 of, if not the strongest country in the world. We also have comfortable living conditions for most of our people. And most people who live hear enjoy the fact that we have so much racial diversity. Also there are plenty of huge global companies with American roots.
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- feissLv 45 years ago
sure human beings do have faith it regardless of if that is greater the Deep South states that have faith it than something. bare in concepts the Deep South is created from 7 states (South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas) and because there are 50 in finished, 7 is merely 14% of the entire US
- 1 decade ago
I guess that depends on your definition of "best". It's the best to me because of all of the freedoms we are provided and especially the fact that I don't have to give 50% of my paycheck to the government to pay for socialist programs. That's enough for me to keep living here.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Of course but I keep it to myself most times unless asked.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Don't judge all by the rantings of few.