Excellent points, powerclown. America has accomplished much of which we can be rightly proud. I think the resentment towards America on the part of some progressive-minded people stems from the fact that, having achieved great things, our culture has subsequently stagnated into a sort of complacent hedonism rather than maintaining its progressive momentum in order to accomplish still greater things. I don't think the world is wrong in expecting better from us, having witnessed what we've achieved thus far.
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