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Jhud -> RE: Why Is America Something to be Proud Of? (10/22/2008 8:37:42 PM)
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Of course America is something to be proud of. We are the oldest continuos democratic republic in the world. We were one of the first, and continue to be one of the primary governments who govern according to the will of the governed. We have perhaps to the greatest extent maximized certain freedoms, most especially those of press, speech and the freedom to believe and practice our beliefs as we see fit. There is no greater freedom of religion in the world.
We trust our people to own guns, start businesses, run their own affairs, seek education, all generally free of compulsion by a select few.
We have generated the greatest wealth in the world, a wealth that resides in the communities of hundreds of thousands of different towns and cities and households, not in the strongholds of a few; and people can truly prosper as a result of their labor and ideas.
We have created things that have changed the world, and which continue to bless the world. We are the most personally charitable people in the world, and despite the fact that we could easily dominate any number of countries and plunder their wealth, we generally restrict the use of our power in wa y no other super power has in history.
There is no one who can’t succeed here, as witnessed by the success of the children of every sort of race, color, nationalality, and gender. My father grew up on a Mississippi mud farm, had a fifth grade education, and didn't own a house until his forties. I went to college, I have succeeded in my line of work, and I had bought and sold three houses by my forties.
We are certainly by no means perfect, as no country is, but I would say it is hard to imagine a world where this country hadn't existed, or does not exist now - there is much to be proud of as an American.
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