The only truly exceptional thing about America is the Declaration of Independence and the formation of a government not predicated upon a Monarchy. The declaration wasn't just a list of grievances. It was an explanation of why we did not need a monarch, whereas everyone else in the world was adhering to the divine right of kings
In between the founding and the modern era, the u. S did the same things? All the other big powers did worldwide of exterminating native people's conquering land and overseeing colonies.
In the modern era, we could hardly be considered Exceptional. In almost every metric of health and society and education, upward mobility, the United States ranks far lower than almost a dozen Western European nations precisely because we adhere so tightly to the neoliberal free market Mantra garbage that keeps being pushed. As if it somehow makes us exceptional
Oh, we are exceptional and that we've got more billionaires in our population than the western european nations, as well as the offsetting high level of poverty
Our biggest failure is the failure to be honest about what we lack. And not just crow about what we've done are good at.
The only truly exceptional thing about America is the Declaration of Independence and the formation of a government not predicated upon a Monarchy. The declaration wasn't just a list of grievances. It was an explanation of why we did not need a monarch, whereas everyone else in the world was adhering to the divine right of kings
In between the founding and the modern era, the u. S did the same things? All the other big powers did worldwide of exterminating native people's conquering land and overseeing colonies.
In the modern era, we could hardly be considered Exceptional. In almost every metric of health and society and education, upward mobility, the United States ranks far lower than almost a dozen Western European nations precisely because we adhere so tightly to the neoliberal free market Mantra garbage that keeps being pushed. As if it somehow makes us exceptional
Oh, we are exceptional and that we've got more billionaires in our population than the western european nations, as well as the offsetting high level of poverty
Our biggest failure is the failure to be honest about what we lack. And not just crow about what we've done are good at.
America is exceptional in that it both loves and hates itself in ways no other country can.
The problem is that some (mostly on the right) don't want to look at our flaws objectively. And some on the left see nothing BUT flaws.