[lbo-talk] Chomsky: USA "best country in the world"

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>
<http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/02/magazine/02QUESTIONS.html>:
> >
> >> [Q] Have you considered leaving the United States
> permanently?
> >>
> >> [A] No. This is the best country in the world.
> 
> > I don't see the problem with calling the U.S. "the
> best country in the > world.". . . not a > statement
worth worrying over for too much; for one
> thing, if you disagree > with it, would it mean that
you're going to ignore > Chomsky ever after?
> 

I consider myself a patriot, and I think it's a dumb
statement, meaningless really. I don't know the
measure of relative excellence for countries. Neither
does Chomsky. There isn't one. I love this land
because it's mine, its where I was raised and know the
people, the language, and the history. Sweden might be
a better place to live, but I'd be a foreigner there.
Like Brian, I think you have to write this off to
Homer nodding. Even Choamsky's entitled to slip. 

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