American Arrogance

A related update from Street Light Blog

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One huge problem the US faces today is an inability to admit we're not necessarily "The Best" at everything. A large percentage of Americans think that because the US is "The Greatest Country in the World" we can't learn anything from any other country or adopt any policy of any "lesser" nation.

I hear it every day, statements like "you mean you want health care like CANADA/England/France?", "cars like those European weenies drive", etc. Tea-baggers types are really bad, but the media, seniors, fundamentalists, really most Americans act like we're somehow better than everyone else on the planet.

This is American arrogance, plain and simple.

We're not going to fix our current problems or grow up as a society until we can admit that, 1. we are not "the best" at everything just because we're Americans and 2. we can learn from others in this world.

Take a look at some comparisons.

[America vs Europe 1]

[America vs Europe 2]

[America vs Europe 3]

[America vs The World 1]

tnb