America Has Fallen Off Of The Leaderboards

A lot of American citizens feel that their country is the best, however; “we’re 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, number 4 in labor force and number 4 in exports” (Jeff Daniels, The Showroom). There is also a huge amount of injustice that still goes on here such as a corrupt justice system. More recently, there have been open protests of these injustices at NFL football games by its players who refuse to stand for the national anthem. Although, not everyone feels the same way. This is because everyone perceives the flag and America itself differently. No two people will ever think exactly the same about everything.

American universities currently do a better job overall at preparing students for the society. Vartan

America has often been called “The Land of the Free”, where opportunities are like the

NEWS FLASH - AMERICA SUCKS. It sucks to such a degree that when looking at public perceptions of corruption, the US ranks up there with North Korea. The only element we are "top" in is military spending.

America: Land of the free and home of the brave. That was the idea that the people had hundreds of years ago. How they would feel now that we are a country that is enslaved to profit and not the least bit brave when it comes to speaking truth. Mark Shield, author of the article “Missing: Any Challenge for the Common Good,” brings to the attention of how todays tactic of running things has become more than a little undermining. The presidential campaign of 2016 has been no more than a bumbling mess for the past few months. Republican front-runner and celebrity, Donald Trump, has led his campaign with racist remarks and the promise of a wall he will not pay for, to separate borders. While the popular vote of the Democratic Party,

The United States has been widely accepted as a country where anyone can come and make him or herself into something out of nothing. It is the self-proclaimed “land of the free and home of the brave”. While all these glorious statements about America were once true, sadly now they are false. Every year our International upward-mobility ranking regresses, meaning it is becoming harder and harder for Americans to move up the financial ladder. But how is it that a country that has the largest GDP can be outside the top 10 in upward-mobility? Why is it that the most powerful and wealthy country in the world doesn’t have free/universal healthcare? How is it that while other nations have begun promoting free college tuition we have refused to do so? This is because the United States does not have a welfare state like the Scandinavian countries do. The United States isn’t a welfare state because Americans have an irrational fear of becoming “socialist”. Ever since the Cold War Americans have had a baseless fear of anything that resembles socialism, claiming it is anti-American. Some of the people who live in constant terror of a socialist America are our right-winged conservatives who have went out of their way to make sure there is minimal government intervention in all aspects of our lives. This should be a good thing, right? The fact that the government doesn’t intervene in the affairs of its individual

I hear continuously, the politicians in large rallies market how great America is, however I just don’t see it. We have the worst health in the entire world, civil conflict, highest payments toward education yet we have the least educated, and amoral exists in legislation all the way down to the state and local governments. We have public outcry and as a country have managed to refine democracy into something like our worst enemy. References have been made, and citizens within have revealed intentions of discontent.

America. The “Land of the Free” and the “Home of the Brave.” Yet, is this country truly one where all can live freely? Free for the poor? Free for immigrants? Free for religious minorities? Free for people of color? The United States of America is a country that was created to allow for certain freedoms for all people, yet within its rich history and today’s world, our country has become a melting pot for prejudice, racism, and ignorance. As our world progresses further, it may seem as if there may be no hope for all.

America has become one of, if not, the most prestigious and most advanced nation that

The United States of America-the greatest country in the world. Or is it? This idea that

There is no shadow of a doubt that the USA is one of the core leading countries in our century, it gave its people the elements of living a long and prosperous life. Nonetheless, in a capitalist country some people can’t make it and they lose out

America has always been viewed as the richest and freest nation in the world. America has grown from thirteen self-governed states, to a nation with a strong central government of power and wealth. The change in society has allowed the U.S. to grow into what it is today. Without the change in views and the responsibility of the citizens the economy would have never grown to be strong and wealth. The nation is effected by many different variables. One variable effects the other. The nation was started and has progressed to where it is today, but with rises and downfalls in all areas of life from education and small families to economics and large businesses.

United States of America has been the country that was always seen as a powerful and strong by other countries. Our nation that was perceived before as a symbol of modernity and as a sign of example to follow was soon to change throughout the years and demonstrated on the elections of 2000 and 2004 where our nation set in stone the failure to maintain a quality on its political life as well as its elections.

America has always been the land of the free and the home of the brave since Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangled Banner.” The extent of America’s global influence is unparalleled. The country that advocates freedom and justice for all does not appear to include quality of life under that umbrella. A country’s Quality of Life (QOL) is a summation of the quality of education, health care, violence, and income. Unfortunately, because the United States is a vast, diverse nation, many problems still persist. While one may argue America is the best country in the world, quality of life is not considered when making that statement. America very well may be the best country in the world; however-- it does not have the best quality of life in the world.

America is the land of the free; we are reminded of this every Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Veteran’s Day, and every time we hear the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Citizens of some other countries would give anything to have our freedom, but are we truly free? Being put on a “freedom pedestal’ by the rest of the world may have done nothing but internally disguise the fact that in many ways we are not as free as we like to imagine. It may be true that we sometimes take our freedom for granted, but it is equally true that we are remaining blind to the fact that we are coming precariously close to losing that freedom. The continual crumbling of the facades of freedom and democracy have exposed the atrocious lack of equality and citizenship within our country. Moreover, the situation will only continue to worsen as the struggle between capitalism and democracy persists, with capitalism coming out on top.