I have had the opportunity to discover that I truely do live in the greatest country in the world. Most people leave the country and come back with a profound sense of humility and wax elliquent about how much we could learn from these foriegn countries. Leave it to me to come home sauntering back with an ego the size of Texas.
I feel that our super hero's are a reflection of what we know to be great. We see the best in ourselves and cling to these DC created demi-gods. The most supernal aspects of our culture as Americans are colorfully portrayed on the canvas of chemically treated comics. These superhuman super heros are always American, or at least given to an American family. They are our divine alter ego's, whos world saving actions have been performed by soldiers and citizens for centuries. We have saved Europe from it's tiranical exploits. We have stood-up to the mass-murdering geneocides, and protected the underdogs from extinction(Convenient since I'm a dog person). We have assymilated millions of refugies who flee their country illegally. We educate, medicate, feed, clothe, and allow them to strip billions from our economy and send it back home. We have stopped Europes blood-lettings in WW1 and WW2 before tending to our own wounds. We ARE the Spidermans, Batmans, Supermen, and Wonderwomen of the world. We have always been this. It probably wont change until our "older siblings" can remember their mistakes and admit that we totally saved their trash.
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