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> 8 months ago, the US was rated the most ready to face an pandemic. The US has a truly terrible tendency to start speeches about itself with "The US is the gr
by ur-whale 7y ago
> 8 months ago, the US was rated the most ready to face an pandemic.
The US has a truly terrible tendency to start speeches about itself with "The US is the greatest country on earth when it comes to X ..." whatever X may be.
To the point that I suspect even the people uttering it truly believe what they're peddling.
If there's a country that has understood at a gut level that good marketing trumps honesty every time, it's the US.
Unfortunately, good marketing and truth are very rarely compatible [1].
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhYIng0tHxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhYIng0tHxA