ESTA ENCUESTA FUE HECHA EN E.E.U.U.**

Qué tal si hacemos ésta encuesta en Irak?

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De pura curiosidad me metí a leer las aportaciones de otros lectores en un portal de noticias en Phoenix, AZ. Me dio tristeza el darme cuenta de la mentalidad tan cerrada que tienen ciertas personas al considerar su país el mejor de todos porque han ganado guerras. Por ejemplo:

“Yes, America is the greatest country in the history of the world. The short list:
*The ConstitutionOpportuntity
*Mass production, interchangeable part
*Voting, representative goverment
*Saved the planet THREE times! WWI, WWII, Defeat of the Soviet Empire
*Jazz, Blues, Rock-n-Roll”

A poco no es triste? Me molesta mucho y me entristece el ver en las noticias las cifras de las personas (estadounidenses y de otros países) que mueren a causa de una guerra en donde los únicos y verdaderos intereses son el dinero y el poder. Gente que gobierna disfraza la violencia con patriotismo, y hacen creer a las personas que el matar a otras es por el bienestar del otro país y el engrandecimiento del propio.

Otro comentario que vi fue éste:

“We as a country may have some problems, but we have many privleges that other countries don't have. To those of you who say that this is not the greatest country in the world Move To Another Country you are what is wrong with America.”

Lo empecé a leer y me dio la esperanza de que por fin, alguien con uno poco de más cerebro se dignó a comentar pero al terminar su frase me decepcionó nuevamente.

Seguí leyendo y no me pude contener de expresar mi opinión a lo que contesté:

WHY THE USA IS NOT THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD?

I do not think the United States of America is the greatest country in the world.

Yes, I know I might earn a lot of cyber enemies because of what I just wrote, but I do not think I can select one country as the best of all.

If we happen to be more knowledgeable about world history, we will understand that each country deserves a special spot. There is not hierarchy because the greatness of a nation is not only measured by wealth but by its people, its culture and its historical heritage.

Even the United States is a land of opportunity:

*It is not the wealthiest country in the world (like other European countries)

*It is not the richest per capita (like Luxemburg, Norway or Switzerland)

*It is not the one with the highest economical growth (like China)

*It is not the first one to obtain the independence from another country (like Sweden and Portugal)

*It is not the only one that defeated a more powerful army (like Mexico in “The Battle of Cinco de Mayo”)

*It is not the melting pot of the world; we have other countries who welcome people from other parts of the earth (like France, Switzerland, Mexico and England)

*It is not the safest one among all countries (like Finland)

*It is not the top #1 in:
+Telecommunications (like France)
+Electronics (like Japan)
+Software development (like India)
+Mechanics (like Germany)

*It is not with the one with the most natural resources (like Latin American and African countries)

And by the way… the United States is NOT America. America is divided in 3 large areas:

*North America: Canada, United States and Mexico

*Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama

*South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guinea, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela and Uruguay

So… no, the United States is not the greatest country in history. It is a wonderful country, I do agree, but there is not only one spot at the top of the chart because the greatness of a country cannot be evaluated in a one-dimensional way.

Enjoy your 4th of July and be safe!

A ver si no me linchan…

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