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Again implies it was great at some point, (or greater then it is now). At what point, exactly, was the US "Great"? Was it when Women couldn't vote? Was it when

Again implies it was great at some point, (or greater then it is now). At what point, exactly, was the US "Great"? Was it when Women couldn't vote? Was it when black people couldn't sit in the "white people" part of the bus? Was it when you could get committed to a mental institution just for being gay? While there are many things wrong now, the rosy past that such rhetoric seems to assume exists was never a thing. America was never great.

allendoerfer 10y ago
Great relative to others, not perfect.
- croon 10y ago
  For one of the youngest countries on Earth, the US is (maybe because of that) all too opposed to change. The US constitution was written over 200 years ago. Other countries were founded many hundreds or thousands of years before that, and have thus realized that the core principles they were founded on were maybe not all applicable today, and continually update their laws and government. The problem with "the greatest country on Earth" is that it's unwilling to adapt and learn and grow. Which is what every other country and human on Earth tries to daily.