Is the United States “Exceptional”?
Yes, but it’s nothing to boast about
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8 min readJan 12, 2022
At the risk of sounding like a stuck-up citizen of my home nation, I must admit that the United States is exceptional. This is not because Americans are exceptionally moral or intelligent or strong or noble. We’re not — far from it. Americans have been, and are, very, very lucky.
The Americans are a very lucky…
