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American exceptionalism at its worst. “World beating”, “One of the top countries (apart from the ones ahead of it)”. The US is doing well, very well, but it’s c
by kjakm 6y ago
American exceptionalism at its worst. “World beating”, “One of the top countries (apart from the ones ahead of it)”. The US is doing well, very well, but it’s certainly not world beating by any metric.
- binarymax 6y agoPandemic "world-beating" lingo was actually first used in the UK, when Johnson was espousing the new track and trace program. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=world-beating https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=world-beating
- bb123 6y agoI don’t think the grandparent comment is taking exception to the phrase so much as the fact that it is verifiably false (and is even directly contradicted in the article body!).
- kjakm 6y agoExactly.
- user-the-name 6y agoI don't think you'll find anyone arguing that the UK is any kind of shining example here.
- the-dude 6y agoSome would say America is doing Great again.