1、Professor: Lets move on to the next question. Go ahead.Girl: hi,my name is jenny.Im a sophomore,and this is for all three of you,can you say in one sentence or less,Um, you know what I mean.Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?Sharon: Diversity and opportunityLewis: Freedom a
2、nd freedom,so lets keep it that way.Will: The new york jetsProfessor:No,im gonna hold you to an answer on that.what makes America the greatest country in the world?Will: Well,Lewis and Sharon said it,diversity and opportunity and freedom and freedom.Professor: Im not letting you go back to the airpo
3、rt without answering the question.Will: Well,our Constitution is a masterpiece, James Madison was a genius. The Declaration of Independence is,for me,the single greatest piece of American writing. You dont look satisfied.Professor: Ones a set of laws and the others declaration of war.I want a human
4、moment from you.What about the people? Why is America.Will: Its not the greatest country in the world,professor.Thats my answer.Professor: Youre saying.Will: Yes!Professor: Lets talk about.Will: Fine,Sharon,the NEA is a loser. Yeah,it accounts for a penny out of our paycheck.but he gets to hit you w
5、ith it any time he wants.It doesnt cost money,it costs votes.It costs airtime and column inches.You know why people dont like liberals? Because they lose.If liberals are so fuckin smart,how come they lose so goddamn always? And with a straight face youre gonna tell students that America is so star-s
6、pangled awesome that were the only ones in the world who have freedom? Canada has freedom,Japan has freedom.the U.K France Italy Germany Spain Australia, Belgium has freedom! So 207 sovereign states in the world,like 180 of them have freedom. And yeah you,sorority girl. Just in case ou accidentally
7、wander into a voting booth one day, there are some things you should know,and one of them is there is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that were the greatest country in the world. Were 7th in literace, 27th in math,22nd in science,49th in life expectancy,178th in infant mortality,thir
8、d in median household income. No.4 in labor force,and no.4 in exports. We lead the world in only three categorise: Number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending where we spend,ore than the next 26 countries combined,25of whom are allie
9、s. Now ,none of this is the fault of a 20-year-old college student, but you nonetheless are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation period ever period. So when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world. I dont know what the fack youre talking about. Yosemite?Will: We su
10、re used to be, we stood up for what was right, we fought for moral reasons. We passed laws.struck down laws for moral reasons. We waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed. We cared about our neighbors. We put our money where our mouths were and wo never beat our chest. We built great bi
11、g things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe,cured diseases, and we cultivated the worlds greatest artists and the worlds greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence. We didnt belittle it. It didnt make us feel inferior. We didnt ide
12、ntify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election and we didnt.wo didnt scare so easy. We were bale to be all these things and do all these things because wo were informed. By great men, men who were revered. The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country in the world anymore. Enough?
