Happy 4th of July!
Mother Jones
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And if you’re looking for reasons to be proud of America today, here’s a quickie top ten list. Every country makes plenty of mistakes, and we’ve certainly made our share. But even taking our shortcomings into account, we’ve done an awful lot right:
- We have the most dynamic culture of entrepreneurship in the world.
- In the postwar era we have consistently supported free trade, often at our own expense.
- We were on the right side of history in the fight against fascism.
- We were on the right side of history in the fight against communism.
- We are on the right side of history in the fight against terrorism.
- We have the strongest protections of speech and religious freedoms in the world.
- We protect the world’s sea lanes all but single-handedly.
- We are the most benign hegemon in world history.
- Even today, we accept and incorporate immigrants better than nearly any country in history.
- American science is the most vigorous in the world, to the benefit of nearly every person on the globe.
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