as long are we are the most desired place to go to .. we are still #1 IMO.
I judge all things this way.
If California and New York and the rest of the liberal states were sooooooo amazing.. people that live there wouldn’t be fleeing in droves, they would be scrambling to get in.
When I was in the Navy, it didn't matter what country I visited, the same scene would unfold:
I would be in a local pub, meeting local people, and they would discover I was an American and it would start -- "America's bad. America wants to take over the world. America wants war. America is terrible."
Later in the evening, the conversation would turn to other things and I would ask that person "What do you want to do in your life?"
The answer was always the same.
"I want to go to America."
They just can’t seem to move away from themselves.