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Originally Posted by Platapus
My opinion: The United States can never be the greatest country in the world because we are a country with a history of extremes.
We have done some wonderful things and some terrible things
We have shown mercy and cruelty
We have shown inclusiveness and exclusivity
We have shown tolerance and intolerance
I guess what I am saying is that I feel that the US is the greatest country for me. 
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Most every nation can say the same thing if you sit and think about well some lean more towards the terrible end than others. Nations are made up of people and people are flawed therefore any nation is going to have flaws to some extent.
Does a nation collectively learn from its mistakes or not is a more important measurement of course one must consider the fact that again any nation is filled with people who are flawed which means that a similar right or wrong might occur.