Opinion: America is still super exceptional this Fourth
It was exceptional in the late 1700s when we booted our British overlords from the continent and showed the king where he could shove his tea .
And we remain exceptional today, in 2023, when the American experiment celebrates its 247th birthday. America is one of the freest countries in the world, with some of the greatest opportunities, and it stands as a global beacon of hope: just ask the millions of immigrants who came here last year. But America’s exceptionalism does not mean we are the best. Now before anyone throws their newspaper in disgust or punches their laptop screen in furious anger I’d ask you to take a second and tell me how I’m wrong.Kidding, I won’t actually wait because it’s impossible to answer definitively how America is the best. We might lead by some measures, but we disappoint in many others. We might feel like we are the best, but that’s just an opinion.
The good news is that it’s neither. The fact that the country has survived this long with such drastic swings between amazing highs and incomprehensible lows is a testament to our exceptionalism.
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