Yeah, you’re probably right but you’d have to ignore the fact that Americans gave us computing, the internet, the combustable engine, radio, film, telephones, helicopters, flight in general, the polio vaccine and 10,000 other cures, nuclear power, automobiles, HVAC, modern finance and the damned Dewey decimal system ….. just off the top of my head. Oh, and America saved the world from communist domination and pulled Europe's ass out of the frying pan twice at tremendous cost in blood and treasure. Also, without question, America is the most generous nation on earth. Actually, if you think about it in a non-biased and clear headed way, America is actually pretty smart, brave and generous.
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Ok well.. America, the land where every invention ever just magically popped out of a cheeseburger wrapper. Flight? America. Internet? America. Cures for diseases? Definitely not the global scientific community, just pure, unfiltered American genius. I mean, forget the rest of the planet’s contributions.. if it didn’t happen between Walmart and a Waffle House, it doesn’t count, right?
Let’s unpack this myth of American exceptionalism with the tiniest pinch of reality.
The combustion engine? German. The telephone? Invented by a Scottish guy who moved to America. Computing? Ask Alan Turing..uhh.. British. Nuclear power? A team effort, led by European scientists, many of them fleeing from the chaos America eventually showed up late to stop. The internet? Born in global research labs, not just in someone’s garage in Ohio. But hey, if Americans used it first, that’s basically the same as inventing it, right?
Now onto the “America saved the world” routine. The U.S. entered both World Wars late, after a whole lot of other countries were already on fire. In WWII, the Soviet Union took the worst of the casualties… but sure, let’s pretend the U.S. parachuted in like Captain America while everyone else was just helplessly flailing. History books must be really short in some places.
And the average American? Absolute intellectual powerhouse (lol) if we’re grading on a curve set by a reality TV show. This is a country where millions think the sun revolves around the Earth, can’t name a single branch of government, and believe vaccines are a government tracking system.. all while claiming they “did their own research” on Facebook. But yes, definitely a nation of scholars.
As for being “the most generous nation on Earth”? Only if generosity includes bombing countries, installing dictators, and calling it “freedom.” Sure, the U.S. gives foreign aid, mostly when it aligns with its interests. And it gives less per capita than plenty of smaller nations. But hey, if you throw pennies at problems after causing half of them, that’s charity, right?
Look ..America has done some incredible things. But let’s not confuse national pride with historical amnesia. The world is a group project, not a solo act. And if America wants to keep its “we’re the smartest and the best” crown, it might want to start by getting its own citizens to pass a basic geography quiz… or, I don’t know, stop eating laundry detergent for TikTok views.
