> America was the greatest country because it gave each person the freedom to do with their lives and produce what they wanted, which is why it produced the gr

> America was the greatest country because it gave each person the freedom to do with their lives and produce what they wanted, which is why it produced the greatest wealth the world has ever seen). No, America was the greatest person since it had a stable path for people to make it into comfortable middle class lives. The America the rest of the world admires(admired?) is the America of the post-war boom. Subdivisions, cars, and factory jobs for everyone. That's America's greatness. The freedom to fail and end up destitute with no safety net is something only the perverse admire.