I. Don’t. Think. So, but that’s what dreamers like to say.  And it isn’t to the people I’ve talked with who have done some travelling around the world.

This mindset that the US is supposedly the greatest country seems to be a US phenomenon.

Many people in the US are brainwashed with and obsessed with the lie, the myth that the US is allegedly, “the greatest country in the history of the world.”  What drugs are they on that would cause such delusions?  Or are they just trying to convince themselves that it’s true?

My choral friend told me:  I can’t remember ever hearing anyone from any other country go on about how their country is the “greatest country.”  Yeah, I can’t either, whether it’s the UK or France or Deutschland or some of the countries in Sudamérica.

People in other nations seems to be more mature and have more important things to be concerned about than ugly nationalism and the feel-good nationalistic pabulum that accompanies that.

All that people in the US have to do is just some traveling around the world with an open-mind to see and understand that the myths they promote about the US and its supposed superiority are lies.

Many people in the US have no humility or even know what the word means.  I know the white house resident and his fascist/nazi “maga’ cultists wouldn’t know the word.

Why does there have to be a “greatest country?”  It’s very divisive thinking.

As I always ask when this topic comes up:  Why does there have to be a “greatest country?”  And how would one define that?  What criteria would one use for coming up with that judgment?   It must have been the insecure US, whose citizens — some of them — love to chest beat about how the US is the so-called “greatest country” ad nauseam.  They also never seem to think how typing that might make others around the world feel when they know about the good things of  their country which they feel are superior than the US.

If a country were truly “the greatest country in the history of the world” its people wouldn’t have to keep yapping about it over and over.

It’s as if the people who say this stuff in the US are trying to convince themselves that it’s the case.  Just like with other lies, the thinking seems to be “keep saying it, people will eventually believe it.”

So the US nationalist get on social media and keep trying to convince themselves and others that the US is supposedly “the greatest country in the history of the world.”  (Yawn).

If it were true, a country’s greatness would speak for itself.  Genuinely great people don’t strut around bragging about how great they think they are.  They humbly and modestly allow others to do that for them.

But not in the immature, self-centered US.  Have you noticed that whenever there’s a G7 meeting or other international meetings in the EU, that the US dictator always makes sure he is in the front and centre of the group in his desperate desire for constant attention.

I never think about the “greatness” of any country because each country is different, and there are good and not-so-good things about every country.

An analogy from my musical background:

I was fortunate to have been in some of the finest Orchestra Choruses around in the District of Columbia and in San Francisco, but I and the other choristers never, ever beat our chest and bragged about how “great” our Chorus was or how “great” we were as choristers.  We knew the Chorus we were in was amongst the best, which is why I and the other choristers auditioned for that particular Chorus.  But we allowed others to say good things about us when appropriate, and some of our performances may have been better than others based on how much preparation time we had for various performances we gave, and based on the repertoire we were performing.  We may have been better at one composer than another.  But none of us ever strutted around with our nose in the air arrogantly touting how great we thought we were as “the greatest Chorus ever in the history of the world” the way these “the US is the greatest country ever in the history of the world” trash love to do.

Maybe this unfortunate thinking is because the US is such a young country historically speaking and compared to other countries.  Maybe that’s part of the reason for this chest-beating ugly nationalism.

Also, the people in the US who are constantly going on about “we have the greatest country” never, ever, give any examples — not even one example — of what they mean by it.

I suspect the first thing they would say is “we have the greatest military.”  Fine.  A nation’s barbaric killing machine is what they would likely cite — also known as the US Military Industrial Complex  — is not the first thing that comes to my mind for what makes a country truly great.  No, I don’t think of killing and bombing people as what makes a country great.  A nation that immediately  resorts to killing and bombing people is a weak country because their so-called “leadership” does not have the maturity or social skills to talk with other politicians around the world, or to understand their position.

The disgusting fist-pumping, finger-pointing bloviating current white house occupant only knows how to bully the world.   He has no social skills for talking with other people intelligently.  (No one ever told him that pointing at people is rude?)  The “USA cult” would never give examples, such as the US is the #1 Terrorist nation on the Earth followed by Israel, the #2 Terrorist nation on the Earth.

Raise your standards of what makes a “great country,” US citizens

Clearly, the people who mindlessly repeat that the US is “the greatest country in the history of the world” have very low standards as to what makes a truly great country.  They continue to chest-beat and rattle on about how — as some nut did on social media — about the (toxic) fireworks display (a total of 850,000 fireworks set off) on 4 July 2026 in the District of Columbia and how “best fireworks in the history of the world.”  They didn’t care that the District had to issue a hazardous air quality alert for District residents and their animals.

And I suspect that most of the people in the US who say this rubbish have no idea what the 4th of July celebrates, as one example.  They would have no clue that it celebrates independence from the British Crown.  “What Crown?  What’s the Crown?” they would likely say in response.  Having talked with some of the “maga” cultists, I learned that they don’t even believe in maps.  One wonders how they get to a place they haven’t been before without using a map.

I could give many examples of how the US is not the “greatest country” starting with a great nation does not gut their public broadcasting media, does not attack their own media, does not have a chronic liar, a fascist (to me he’s a closeted nazi) 34-count convicted felon and adjudicated sexual pervert assault (“grab em by the pussy” parked in the white house, on and on.

A “greatest nation” does not have a convicted felon, a cult figure as their so-called “leader” or one of the political parties as the cult figure’s cultists.  A “greatest country” also cares for its people and provides national health care.  A “greatest country” does not have concentration camps and the ICE gestapo on their streets.

That’s a very short list because I don’t feel like listing all the things of what makes a truly “great country.”

This “greatest country” rubbish feels like pabulum for simple minds who continually speak that slogan to convince themselves that the nation is “the greatest country in the history of the world” nonsense.

If the US were the greatest country in the history of the world, it’s people would not have to continually and incessantly remind themselves of that.  The nation’s greatness would speak for itself, and it’s best to have others from around the world saying that.

My choral friend said:  “Considering the state the US is in, how can anyone claim that “the US is the greatest country in the history of the world?”

The US federal government has ended funding for the public broadcasting media in the US under the dictator’s regime.

In Deutschland, their public broadcasting media is just the opposite:

Deutschland’s public broadcasting network (ARD) and its associated broadcasting entities officially operate 11 Radio Orchestras. In addition to these symphonic and radio ensembles, the network manages multiple professional big bands and 7 Radio Orchestra Choruses across the country:

The 11 radio orchestras include::