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America Is Not The Greatest Country In The World

When were we ever great?

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America Is Not The Greatest Country In The World
Cameron Hogan

In 1836, on the Trail of Tears, over 100,000 Indians were forced out of their homes, which does not include the 4,000 and countless more Indians that were killed in the process. Whose hands was their blood on? Americans. You must think, "Wait, America has done countless good for the world!" This is true. But that does not make a country great. If a kid is bullied for years, and then the bully helps the kid once, that does not make the bully a good person. Furthermore, the kid will not immediately trust that bully. America is first in so many things actually! Allow me to tell you!

First in incarceration (710 Americans are imprisoned per every 100,000 residents. The average for most nations are 115).

First in the super rich.

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14th in education.

19th in national satisfaction.

44th in healthcare efficiency.

Third in global competitiveness.

13th in believing LGBTQ people should be accepted.

46th in freedom of the press (a decline from 2013, down 13 spots, the biggest decline in the world).

13th in disapproval of marital infidelity.

24th in literacy.

27th in leisure and personal care (14.27 hours a day on personal care and leisure).

134th in prevalence of slavery (59,644 enslaved people in America).

Ninth in rape.

First in total crimes.

First in capital punishment.

First in friendly fire in the Gulf War.

Ninth in civilian deaths in World War I.

First in school shootings

I'm not anti-American or anything, but our racism rating is still very high. I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat. Hell, I don't even care if you're a gay-hating-confederate-flag-southern-Jesus-lover. Look around you, look how many countries have freedom. In 2015, 191 countries have basic human rights and freedoms. America is rated 20th in total freedom. In 2015, Hong Kong was rated in the top. A Libertarian once said " America was never yours." This is very true, we stole this country and murdered and killed so many people just to have a part of this land. Then, after that, we still killed even more people. America is not the greatest country in the world. It never was. We are one of the newest countries in the world. We aren't something special, we aren't some overbearing all-powerful God. We are not a Christian nation. We are just a normal new country. Nothing too great. But if we continue to believe we are the greatest there is, then we will be less.

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