Sunday, December 26, 2010

Why US exceptionalism is not exceptional

By Michael Goldfarb

"Americans believe with all their hearts, the vast majority of them, that the United States of America is simply the single greatest nation in all of human history." So said Florida's new Republican Senator Marco Rubio in his acceptance speech following last month's mid-term elections.

Many of his fellow Republicans alluded to the same view as they celebrated their "shellacking" of rival Democrats.

All the talk has turned into a polling fact. In a survey published this week a USA Today/Gallup poll suggests 80% of Americans believe their country has a unique character and unrivalled standing in the world.

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