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Why America is not the greatest country in the world

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Yeezy
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I love America, but it is a common misconception that we truly are the greatest nation. I for one am sick of redneck nationalists spewing their bullshit all over the place. Just thought it was a cool clip. +k for
Embed, im on mobile.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVwUphZ37Ww

Thoughts?
Inb4
ar6rider
Rednecks of ns
If you dont love murrrican you can git out
Faggot
Feb 4 2013 12:44AM
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Bumblesteeze
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I disagree completely.
The United States are around 75% Christian, which is a huge percentage of the population. To believe that a country with a high percentage of Christians is as much of a problem as a country that has a high percentage of muslims is completely wrong. For instance, look at these countries that have a high islamic percentage.

Afghanistan: 99%
Somalia: 99%
Iran: 99%
Yemen: 99%
Iraq: 98%

Would you rather live in any of those countries instead of the United States? If you have a thing for daily suicide bombers and women wearing burquas instead of yoga pants, then by all means you can live there happily.

Feb 5 2013 10:29AM
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leninlover
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you just made me puke. blatant bigotry.
Feb 5 2013 11:13AM
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Spic-N-SpaN
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So what can I, as a 19 year old thats part of the "Worst. Generation. Ever" do that could possibly help? I really like the video, but giving answers and solutions is always more helpful then pointing out all the flaws.
Feb 5 2013 11:31AM
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Da_Buddha
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Feb 5 2013 12:46PM
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Puns
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If you think that those things represent the core following of the islamic faith u r fuced bruva
Feb 5 2013 3:00PM
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Ahmadinejad
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probably cause your brain is at the 4th grade level judging by the lack of critical thinking skills you've exhibited in the last few posts. What kind of dumb ass doesn't understand the concept of "per capita" jesus get yourself an education.
Feb 5 2013 8:40PM
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cbj
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What is per capita?
Feb 6 2013 12:51PM
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vandersteeze
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The phrase thus means "by heads" or "for each head", i.e. per individual/person.
Feb 6 2013 2:37PM
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act.resist
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NO SHIT SHERLOCK
Feb 6 2013 2:39PM
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El_Barto.
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you political aliases are cute. Heaven forbid you post this shit on your real account
Feb 6 2013 3:02PM
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Stickity
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but what if someone takes away karmaz?!??
Feb 6 2013 3:03PM
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cbj
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Thanks brah though it was sarcastic
Feb 6 2013 3:21PM
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A^frame
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Says the Norwegian with HALO Icon, who pays our country (AKA Microsoft) a monthly subscription to be yelled at by the most ignorant 13 year olds America has to offer.
Feb 6 2013 3:28PM
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Puns
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sarcasm comes out well on the internet



















































































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Feb 6 2013 4:47PM
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Ahmadinejad
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this is my account, i got better shit to do then rack up thousands of post like your bored ass. I like to check in every once and a while and stir the pot, rustle some uneducated jimmies.
Feb 6 2013 5:33PM
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cbj
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That was easy to see!
Feb 6 2013 5:37PM
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.AR6rider.
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Eeeaassssyyy there, killer. Let's not start throwing this word around until we can actually put together a proper sentence, k? Thanks.
Feb 6 2013 5:39PM
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turducken
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I don't even....
Feb 6 2013 5:43PM
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El_Barto.
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right. You and brosif just happen to convenietly happen to check in when there happens to be an America hate thread. I'll believe that when me shit turns purple and tastes like rainbow sherbet.

Youre an alias or a lurker. Either way youre a stupid fuck
Feb 6 2013 5:50PM
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_DUSTY_
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Some of these stats from nationmaster.com.

Rape (per capita)

1. Lesotho
2. New Zealand
3. Belgium
4. Norway

CO2 (kg/PPP$)

1. Uzbekistan
2. Turkmenistan
3. Trinidad and Tobago
4. Mongolia

Prisoners (per capita)

1. United States
2. Russia
3. Belarius

The photo you posted is a perfect example of someone trying to manipulate the numbers, it is fairly inconsistent with using absolute values and per capita values.

I wouldn't say any country is the greatest, sure you can try to quantify an answer through stats but at the end of the day you can't calculate an absolute answer. There will always be a bias.






Feb 6 2013 6:18PM
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Ahmadinejad
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lol you would assume brosif and I are the same person.

a lurker or an alias is better than an ignorant fuck with nothing but time on his hands to spread his uneducated views across every thread on NS. At least I only post occasioanlly. You run your mouth all the time.
Feb 6 2013 9:38PM
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Edward.
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Before anyone starts to bash on the U.S I think its important for non-Americans to realize that you really can't generalize what the typical American is like. I've met so many outsiders who have terrible misconceptions about America and its people- even after they themselves have lived in the country for 4-5 years.
Feb 6 2013 10:11PM
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ohmyglob8
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last time i checked, WW2 was caused by the japanese being apart of the axis, on top of that hitler had no idea japan was planning on attacking america and starting a war with them. so really america only entered the second world war with the intentions of fighting japan, but because japan was apart of the axis they decided to support the allied forces with U.S. troops to try and "cut the head off the snake" sort of deal. U.S. thought that if they got to hitler first the japan would fall. though it didnt happen that way. lol still think its funny u thought WW2 was with europe, more todo with asia than anything
Feb 6 2013 10:14PM
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Edward.
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For those of you who think America is the worst in terms of CO2 emissions, I learned pretty recently that China has actually surpassed America in that category a few years ago. The thing is, China actually took action to reverse that. America on the other hand didn't and doesn't do nearly as much as China to compensate.
Feb 6 2013 10:19PM
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.frenchy
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Honestly shut the fuck up. Why is that even your username? Do you actaully like him orrr....
Feb 7 2013 6:28AM
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PacificRimJob
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Bahahaha I love this shit.


There's not a single 'greatest country in the world' because that's completely based on opinion.

How about this question? What's the greatest PLANET in the UNIVERSE? fucking everyone's onboard with that shit...

FUCK YOU, ALDERAAN! I'M GLAD YOU GOT BLOWN TO PIECES, BITCH! WOOOO


Feb 7 2013 7:12AM
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yaqwsxcde123vfr
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HAHAHA


I think the US are funny.
Feb 7 2013 8:04AM
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saskskier
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I think you need to review your history. There was a little group in Europe called the Nazi's which may or may not have had something to do with WWII.
Feb 7 2013 10:06AM
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Laurent.
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This thread doesn't have enough tanzmetall:


Feb 7 2013 10:17AM
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El_Barto.
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whos jimmies are rustled again?

and i never said you were the same person...both just aliases for the same reason.

suck my balls
Feb 7 2013 10:47AM
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Charlie_Kelly
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Last time I checked, if the U.S. didn't enter the war and send troops to the European Theatre, Europe would have COMPLETELY fallen, considering that England was really the only power left and they were struggling.


Feb 7 2013 10:47AM
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El_Barto.
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oh snap
Feb 7 2013 10:48AM
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Laurent.
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You forgot the USSR.
Feb 7 2013 10:50AM
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feihlination
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but the question when and with how much effort and possibly even on which side the US (albeit very very unlikely, there were people who idolized the way hitler lead germany in the US, and it is still like this) would have entered the war was answered when japan attacked the US.

the war was already fully underway for over two years if i remember correctly without the US being officially "in" it.
Feb 7 2013 10:54AM
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Charlie_Kelly
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No I left them out because once again they had their own problems to deal with, including Nazi invasion, and there is no way that the USSR alone could have defeated the Nazi war machine.
Feb 7 2013 10:56AM
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Laurent.
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No, as usual, It depends.

The U.S.A. isn't the sole reason for the ending of WOII. Given increasing Soviet industrial capacities, it is highly unlikely that the mismanaged German war industry could have produced enough material to overwhelm the U.S.S.R.

You can sketch many possible situations, but leaving out the USSR is silly.
Feb 7 2013 11:02AM
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saskskier
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You stated in your previous post that WWII was caused by Japan joining the axis and that you thought it was funny someone thought WWII was with Europe and figured it was mostly in Asia. Both of those are flawed and grossly oversimplified statements.
Feb 7 2013 11:28AM
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west-coast
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people think america is the best for three reasons
1. strongest military/most nukes
2. most stable democratic government the world has ever seen
3. 2nd? largest economy in the world after china

so while rednecks do give us a bad rep that people are arrogant/cocky about our nation, the evidence is present to cement their point.
Feb 7 2013 11:36AM
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brosephstalin
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lmao, the USSR won the war in Europe


The Americans just came for the spoils.
Feb 7 2013 11:57AM
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brosephstalin
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That's patently false. The USSR had turned the tide against Nazi Germany already at the Battle of Moscow and again at the Battle of Stalingrad several years before the Americans joined the European theatre.
Feb 7 2013 11:58AM
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feihlination
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i didnt say a thing. and i knew he was oversimplifying so i gave my input on how i read his statement.
Feb 7 2013 12:27PM
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.Capn.
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I think Germany is a better country than America. Also Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Costa Rica.
Feb 7 2013 1:05PM
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El_Barto.
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I love that this turned into who was the determining factor in ending WW2. Russia an the US are like frenemies. Its fun to say we dont like each other but in reality we are buds. Or at least we respect each other enough and have for a long time not to try and seriously start shit with one another.

Feb 7 2013 1:28PM
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brosephstalin
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Feb 7 2013 1:38PM
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Turkelton
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You're wrong. It has the highest amount of soldiers who can be ready to fight in 24 hours and you're looking in the wrong places for prices. Better than at least 40% of America, with the south and all the weird, nowhere states.
Feb 7 2013 1:47PM
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turducken
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Sweet Jesus, you're retarded.
Feb 7 2013 2:04PM
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accualyisdolan
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Germany is a better country
Feb 7 2013 2:07PM
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k-rob
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1. hasn't won a war in over 60 years, but starts and loses them frequently enough. nuking japan's entire culture seems to have made them more advanced and now they live longer than anyone else.
2. doesn't know what democracy is. governs for the benefit of the government, not the people.
3. largest national debt in human history.
Feb 7 2013 3:04PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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Umm..what? The U.S. first entered Europe in July 1943 in the invasion of Sicily, while the Battle of Stalingrad was from July 1942 and ended February 1943. Hardly "a few years". And I would say the Battle of Moscow and Stalingrad were both great victories for Russia but it wasn't until Kursk that they began pressing their advantage.
Feb 7 2013 3:59PM
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accualyisdolan
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Truth
Feb 7 2013 4:16PM
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