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In article <1993Jan22.151010.17928@acuson.com> miklg@acuson.com (Michael Goldman ) writes:
>
>	A lot of discussion on the net is of the nature of which
>	country is better or worse in some regard.  These discussions
>	usually suffer from lack of data comparing different
>	countries.  (Eg., the US murder rate is high, but how is it
>	compared to other countries?)  I would like to mention three
>	recent books that compare the US and many other countries in
>	such things as infant mortality, murder rates, rate of growth
>	of exports, etc.
>...

One reason, IMHO, why Americans have the "USA #1" attitude is
the relative amount of immigration to American vs. other
countries.  Most Americans are decendents of people who came
here in the last 100 or 150 years.  Most Americans know,
work with, and have friends that were born in other countries
and immigrated to America.   

The logic is thus, "since hundreds of thousands of people
immigrate to America every year, and millions have immigrated
here over the past century, this must be the best country
in the world."


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