It’s systemic. For some reason, our people [America] are stuck in WE’RE NUMBER 1!!! mode from birth even and especially in the face of opposing proof.
We’re not number 1 on:
- Education
- Health care
- National security
- Government representation
- Standard of living
- Job security
- Technology
- General manufacturing
- Research
- Law enforcement
- Religious tolerence
- Vacation time
…any number of things eveybody likes. But for some reason, the WE’RE NUMBER 1!! mentality allows us bully other countries while ignoring our own problems.
—Yesferatu (source)
Fuck patriotism.