For the longest time, America was seen as the greatest country in the world by a lot of people and a lot of other countries. I used to think that I lived in the best place I could. But as I've grown up and seen the things going on in our country, I've started to think that we aren't the greatest country anymore. This video clip is from the show, The Newsroom, and when I first saw this clip, a lot of the things that were said about why America isn't so "star spangled awesome" I agreed with and still to this day agree with. What is happening to the United States? According to the Good Country Index,
http://www.goodcountry.org/overall
the United States actually ranks 21st in worlds best countries based on science and technology, culture, international peace and security, world order, and other deciding factors. 21st is a very eye opening position in my opinion. From a young age we have been told that we live in the greatest country and that not many people have it as good as we do. While there are a lot of people who don't live as good of lives as us, there are countries who have a better living situation. So what do you think about the US's ranking of 21st? Do you think that that number is accurate? Or do you believe that numbers don't mean anything and we do in fact live in the greatest country in the world?
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