Quote from TorontoTrader2:
What distinguishes this country from the rest of the world? It is neither the most affluent nor the poorest. It is neither the most secular nor the most religious. It is not the most culturally homogeneous nor is it the most diverse.
The United States of America is easily the most integrated society around. We don't even really have a culture, what we have is many parts from other cultures and some stuff we made up. Naturally since this is the best of the best, everybody else wants a piece, so our culture is spreading to other countries faster than they know how to deal with it.
Where else are you going to find so many muslims passing Jews on their respective paths to worship every day with so little violence? There are many groups that consider eachother deadly enemies, but live peacefully side by side here in the USA.
Another thing that sets the USA apart from most places is liberty. We have the government of the leasest. Admittedly, that's among places that have government, but the fact is if you want to bake your cake and keep it, you are better off in the USA than any place else.
Then's there military. There's a long list of . . . well. . . nobody that has the might of the USA. Nobody. None.
But that's old hat. In today's modern world, we regard Economic might like the armies of old. And there is a long list of . . . well. . . nobody that has the economic might of the USA. Nobody. None.
Other than that, sure we're just like all the rest of the countries. . . hang on, somebody is knocking at my door.
Turns out that there's even more. Guess where everybody wants to go to? The USA. Guess why? Liberty and Capitialism, plus a mostly uncorrupt government. Folks risk their lives to get here every day. You can get 20 people to hang onto an innertube in Cuba if you tell `em it's going to the land of the free.
But other than being the best place on Earth to be, sure it's just like everywhere else.

