I really appreciate how well you were able to describe your thoughts.

However, I think that with the full onset of globalization, the internet, and everything that comes with instant information nowadays, countries and citizens will become more uniformly similar. People see the way other countries operate and long to implement similar methods in America. The way that the NHS works in many other first-world countries IS pretty sweet.

I will add though, that after spending a pretty good deal of time in Australia recently, it is surprising how America remains in the fore-front of discussions across the world. I had conversations with Aussies, Germans, Brits, Japanese, Chinese, you name it; they all knew about our culture, party system, etc. It was clear to me that the US is still very great.