Everyone is always deriding the US and focusing on its problems, all while ignoring the good things!

Compared to much of the world it's a pretty decent place!

Let me list off some good things about the US, just off the top of my head:

-Labor Unions
-Insurance
-Regulations on Corporations (I know they aren't perfect, but things could be SOOOOO much worse, it's not even funny)
-Right to vote
-Right to own firearms
-Right to protest
-Right to criticize the government/have aberrant opinions
-Right to own land
-There's plentiful food, water, and luxuries!

If you can think of anything else, feel free to add. Opinions/debate is (obviously) welcome, but this isn't an America vs. The World thread, so don't turn it into one.

The US is the most imperialistic, corrupt shit hole on the planet. I'm glad it's slowly becoming weaker and weaker in the world. The Chinese just finished a stealth jet fighter bomber...another 50 years your nation will be FINISHED

Everything you mentioned originated in Europe, anyway.

Well, I'm an American citizen and I like it here.

Every nation rises and falls, Britain, Rome, etc, so whether we are a super power or not is of no real consequence to me. Personally, I wish we'd never gotten involved in world affairs at all.

Anyway man, I'm sorry you have such negative feelings about America. I know the government has done some pretty bad things, but still... that you keep that with you, that that means so much, can't be good for you.

I wanted to have a thread commemorating the myriad achievements of American society, that was all.

Best wishes to you, man.

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>>2 Dare I ask what country you live in?

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The USA is surprisingly safe. Very basic stuff:

We have high murder rate to be sure, but that's just a number. The people being murdered are most often gangsters killing one another in parts of the city the majority of us don't live in. Purely innocent people make up a slim minority of murder victims.

We don't have terrorism. No FARC, no IRA, and no ETA setting off bombs on a regular schedule. There are a few spectacular events, but not pervasive and ongoing movements that last decades. Terrorism here is not a daily threat. Our weather on the hand...

There are no kidnappings for profit. If you have the slightest wealth in Mexico or South America, armed gangs come for your children in the night, demand ransom for them, and the authorities are powerless to do anything about it. That doesn't happen here because the full force of the federal government comes down on those that attempt it. You can have $100M in the bank here and your kids can walk to school each day (they won't because this is America; we drive everywhere).

We never pay bribes for anything in our daily lives (see also: Mexico, South America, Eastern Europe, Africa, and most of Asia). Our low-ranking public officials and employees are massively overpaid to ensure their integrity and equal application of the law (coming soon: this point invalidated!!).

Public sector employees are massively overpaid? Private contractors make more money than road crews and to complement this road workers have greater job stability. DAs make good money, but not as much as they would on retainer for Sony. Cut their pay and just wait for chumps with diploma mill law degrees to be in charge of prosecuting child pornographers and murderers.

>>9
Yeah, I did word that a little strongly. Massively overpaid is an overstatement. CEOs and baseball players would be better exemplified by that choice of words.

I was just saying there's a certain beauty to paying government workers well. When you don't, they'll find other ways to be compensated...

Let's see, what else?

• No violent protests. Say what you will about the lack of people being upset about the many terrible things going on here, but we are a just very polite people when it comes to politics. I haven't seen any angry mobs getting doused with water cannons here in a long time.
• Our immigrants are largely Mexican. Mexicans don't blow up buses.
• Ample parking day and night? Seriously, free parking abounds outside of major cities.
• Free refills on soft drinks. Unheard of damn near anywhere else with the exception of Canada. This is not true in NYC which I am lobbying hard to have ceded to France for its betrayal of this greatest of American values.
• On that note: I can get a hamburger 24 hours a day (God Bless America! Salute). This is true nearly everywhere in the USA. Even Fairbanks has a Denny's.

• PUBLIC RESTROOMS. Need I say more? I think there are only two in all of Europe. There was one in Berlin, but the Soviets dragged it back to Moscow after the war and put it in the Kremlin for use only by Party officials.
• Trash receptacles conveniently located. This goes hand-in-hand with our lack of terrorism. There's no one to hide bombs in trash cans, so we can keep them around.
• The streets are clean: They are swept and there are no drifts of garbage everywhere. Nowhere will you find open sewers, packs of feral dogs, filthy begging children/gypsies, etc.
• Traffic is orderly and we have traffic lights. Again, simple stuff, but it makes a difference. There are countries where there's no such thing as drunk driving, mufflers, seat belts, windshields, or tires with any tread left on them.
• No closed circuit cameras on our streets (again, waiting for this to be invalidated).
• We have building codes and civic planning. Other countries can say the same, but still, codes are a good thing. No hillsides covered in sheet metal shacks here. Our slums are called "trailer parks" and the sheet metal shacks are kept in orderly rows.

Sure I'm comparing us with the third world, but winning is easiest (and frankly, best) when you pick a weak opponent. USA! USA! USA!

>>12 no filthy begging children/gypsies

I laughed harder than I probably should have at that.

>>11, your covert anti-american agit-prop has been uncovered. Prepare for a lengthy stay at Gitmo, or any of the government sponsored secret resorts spread around the world.

>>6 He no doubt lives in some pathetic loser country.

Lots of different climates. It's pretty easy to find somewhere in America that fits your definition of beautiful weather, no matter what that may be.

Also, we can still mock our politicians, except for Obama, who we couldn't make fun of because he's black and that would be raaaaacist.

>>1
-Labor Unions
-Insurance

these two are only good if you play the capitalist game

-Regulations on Corporations (I know they aren't perfect, but things could be SOOOOO much worse, it's not even funny)

>but things could be SOOOOO much worse

the words of a slave

-Right to vote
-Right to own firearms
-Right to protest
-Right to criticize the government/have aberrant opinions
-Right to own land

only good if you believe in rights

-There's plentiful food, water, and luxuries!

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>>8

>We don't have terrorism.

So why the hell do you need NSA for?

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> No violent protests. Say what you will about the lack of people being upset about the many terrible things going on here, but we are a just very polite people when it comes to politics. I haven't seen any angry mobs getting doused with water cannons here in a long time.

this aged poorly

America SUCKS!!

xD

You're right, it sucks.