《新聞編輯室》 為什麽美國是最偉大的國家
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“美國不是最偉大的國家。妳居然好意思告訴學生，我們美國已經牛逼透頂？美國是世上唯壹擁有自由的國家嗎？加拿大有自由，日本有自由，英國、法國、意大利、德國、西班牙、澳大利亞、比利時都有自由！全球207個主權國家中，大概有180個都有自由。根本毫無根據證明美國是世上最偉大的國家。我們識字率排第7，數學第27，科學排第22，預期壽命第49，嬰兒死亡率排178，中等家庭收入排第3，勞動力排第4 ，出口額排第4，只有三項我們是榜首：監禁人員所占總人口比重，相信天使的成年人數量和國防開支，這項支出比後面26個國家的總和還多，其中25個還是盟國。妳毋庸置疑生活在了這個史上最糟糕最悲劇的年代！我們的確曾經是最偉大的國家，我們為正義而拼，為道德而戰，因合乎道德而立良法，因違背道德而廢惡法，我們要消滅的是貧窮，不是窮人，甘願犧牲，關心鄰裏，勤勞踏實，不空口說大話，我們有過偉大的發明，有過逆天的科學創造，探索太空，治愈疾病，培育出了最出色的藝術家和最強盛的經濟體，我們敢於挑戰，同時心懷謙遜，我們追求智慧，不自負，沒有因此降了身價，我們不憑‘投票給了誰’來區分人，也不像現在，如此輕易畏懼，以前之所以能做到這些，是因為我們信息充足，有受人尊敬的偉大人物告知我們：‘解決問題的第壹步，是要承認問題的存在’。美國再也不是世上最偉大的國家了。”
英文原文：
"It's not the greatest country in the world! And with a straight face you're gonna tell students that America is so star-spangled awesome that we're 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! 207 sovereign states in the world, like 180 of them have freedom. There is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world. We're seventh in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, third in median household income, number four in labor force, and number four in exports. We lead the world in only three categories: Number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. You nonetheless are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation period ever period. We sure used to be the greatest country in the world, 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 we never beat our chest. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and we cultivated the world's greatest artists and the world's greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence. We didn't belittle it. It didn't make us feel inferior. We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election and we didn't scare so easy. We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we 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."