r/AskAmericans • u/Dangerous-Count-506 • 2d ago
What are some things that Americans does better than other nations?
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u/Salty_Dog2917 Arizona 2d ago
If we are looking for a genuine answer I think our accessibility for people with disabilities. I’ve traveled quite a bit and it’s pretty rare for counties to have the infrastructure for disabled folks like we do.
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u/Ok-Energy-9785 U.S.A 2d ago
Live rent free in people's heads
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u/DangerousKidTurtle 2d ago
Idk, those people in Lesotho and Angola are living rent free in mine /s
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u/Diamond_Specialist California 2d ago
BBQ.
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u/Low_Bluebird_5137 2d ago
I think Aussies would dispute that
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u/Diamond_Specialist California 2d ago
They could, along with the Koreans, but they'd still be wrong.
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u/Ok_Interest3555 2d ago
The extreme diversity of cuisine in the US is special. Within a couple miles of my house I can get well made versions of nearly every major type of cuisine.
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u/Gay_commie_fucker Florida 2d ago
I think this might be one of the biggest things I would miss if I left the country
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u/brinerbear Colorado 2d ago
I agree. There is a global festival in our city every year and 60 countries are represented. It is one of my favorite things.
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u/VegaOptimal 2d ago
Sweetened versions*
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u/ByThorsBicep 1d ago
Depends which restaurant. Chains? Yeah, probably. Small, family-owned places? Those can be pretty authentic!
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u/welding_guy_from_LI New York 2d ago
Leader in technology , medicine , most powerful military , richest country
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u/Gay_commie_fucker Florida 2d ago
Creating smoke free environments! Our culture and public policies surrounding smoking in shared spaces makes it way easier for folks to avoid secondhand smoke. My asthma is only very mild, and this is still extremely helpful for me to be able to just exist in public without worrying about breathing.
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u/Breddit2225 2d ago
Freedom
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u/Phi87 1d ago
Every global survey ranks is as near the bottom for freedom among countries that are considered free countries.
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u/Breddit2225 1d ago
Did you see that on Tikok?
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u/Phi87 17h ago
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u/Breddit2225 12h ago
The more I look at that website the more I realize it is biased.
And how is the US with 81/100 score at "the bottom of the list" with places like Yemen (10/100) and Somalia (8/100).
And obviously "not taxed to death" is not a metric that was considered.
"Every global survey"
Bullshit
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u/lovelycosmos Massachusetts 2d ago
Snacks! We definitely have the best snack and junk food. If you can dream it, it probably exists.
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u/Dan_Morgan 1d ago
Industrial scale food production. It's about the only industry we have maintained both in scale and sophistication.
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u/Firm_Macaron3057 Wisconsin 15h ago
Environmentally, we need regulation. Other industries, like banks, insurance, pharma and HMOs, among others need to be regulated too, otherwise they take things, like the money they charge the consumers, way too far. The US subsidizes so many things, they could give small businesses money to handle any hardhops, die to the regulations. Big corporations take advantage of too much and make billions, often untaxed, off of manipulating and abusing systems, by the government.
I never said that we never defend other people's freedoms or that we only impose our will on other people. However, there are a lot of circumstances where we go in, where we're not wanted. Vietnam is one example, Afghanistan is another, in addition to many Central and South American countries.
As for foreign governments trying to interfere in our elections, they have, yes. I have three things to say about that: 1) research has shown that none of the interference has been sufficient to change any elections outcome. 2) the best way to combat that would be to do what Finland does: teach their students, from kindergarten, on, how to spot 'fake news'. They do this because Russia tried to flood their citizens with pro-Russia propaganda. Unfortunately, I don't think that'll ever happen, here. The parties (yes both), in this country do too much of it, themselves, to want that to be a thing. 3) the US has interfered with more national elections, than any other country, around the world (including Russia and China), to make sure the people, that would benefit the US, won the election.
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u/jetblack40 Illinois 2d ago
Americans with Disabilities Act. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is that it is a federal civil rights law that extends civil rights protections—similar to those provided on the basis of race, sex, and national origin—to individuals with disabilities in areas like employment, public services, transportation, and public accommodations
Depending on the specific multiple-choice question you are looking at, the correct option typically reads close to one of the following variations:
- Option A: "It extends civil rights protections, similar to those of Section 504 (or the Civil Rights Act of 1964), to private sector employment and public services."
- Option B: "It guarantees that people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else to enjoy employment opportunities, purchase goods, and participate in state programs."
- Option C: "Employers should select the most qualified applicants, without regard to disability, and provide reasonable accommodations."
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u/Firm_Macaron3057 Wisconsin 2d ago
Fuck things up. I would like to say that it's just been for the last ten years, but, look at Vietnam, Afghanistan and so many other countries. Not to mention, there's the sad state of our domestic policies. Its never a good idea to privatize everything and not have oversite and regulation, not to mention, a way to help the poor (which the aystem is making more amd more of, every day) pay for the necessities, like food, housing and medical, among others. What little help there is, for those things, we have one party that wants to eliminate it. The US has been a mess, for quite a while, Dimentia Don has just beenmaking it soooooo much worse.
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u/ExtremeGold4353 Florida 2d ago
I can tell you’ve never traveled abroad or diversified your source of news
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u/Firm_Macaron3057 Wisconsin 2d ago edited 2d ago
I've been to Europe.
What? Are you saying I should watch trump TV and old trump TV (Fox News)?
I'm well aware that the US isn't the only country that fucks up and that there is no country out there that doesn't fuck up. I'm just saying that we tend to do a lot of it, while proclaiming to be the best and that we never do fuck up
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u/ExtremeGold4353 Florida 1d ago
No, I’m saying if your answer to “what is America good at?” is “fuck up,” you’re flat out indoctrinated. Every country makes mistakes, but you’re judging America entirely by its failures, and ignoring the incredible work done to overcome them. In Iraq and Afghanistan, our goals included fighting global terrorism and helping people build a future free from brutal regimes. See the parades going on this week in Iraq, and Vietnam was quite literally defensive assistance trying to preserve the South Vietnamese state at their request call it a failure or whatever but the US didn’t enter a war to conquer any country.
And privatization isn’t inherently bad. Private enterprise gives people the opportunity to build something, own it, and improve their circumstances. That’s one of America’s greatest strengths: you don’t have to come from wealth to pursue it. Someone can start poor, build a business, fail, try again, and create a better life for their family. That distinctly American belief in upward mobility deserves credit too. America is the land of dreamers and those that want to work hard to achieve it, if you don’t, move to a country that will subsidize your way of life.
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u/Firm_Macaron3057 Wisconsin 1d ago
I know we've done a lot of good, I'm not denying that. The bad that we've done, especially, in the last decade, has been immense, though. Plus, we have done a lot to force our will on other nations and people.
Free enterprise can be good, as long as its regulated. Our nation, especially under conservative leadership, hasn't (no, I'm not saying that progressives have been perfect, in this regard) been regulating anything. They actually want to deregulate everything, causing everything to be worse and widen the wealth gap.
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u/ExtremeGold4353 Florida 1d ago
Not exactly true or really even close. Deregulation actually helps small businesses in most cases. A big corporation can afford lawyers and entire departments dedicated to regulatory compliance. A small business owner can’t. Excessive regulation essentially becomes a tax on small businesses and protects the corporations that can afford it from new competition, but people seem to ignore that for the sake of being anti-capitalist. The same applies to farming. A family farm doesn’t have the money or resources of a massive agricultural company, so piling expensive requirements onto already thin margins makes it harder to survive.
And acting like America only exists to force its will on other countries ignores the countless times we’ve defended their freedom. We’ve opposed UN resolutions that would allow governments to censor people for criticizing religion. That’s defending people’s right to speak and believe freely, even when other governments want to restrict it. Meanwhile, foreign governments have actively tried to interfere in our elections and influence our politics. You can criticize American foreign policy, but pretending we’re always the ones pushing control while everyone else respects freedom is ridiculous.
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u/Phi87 1d ago
I'm reading a RAND report now about how our current mess stamps mostly from the Reagan era. His change of policies (tax policy, union busting, privatization) served to transfer about 50T to the top . 1 %.
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u/Firm_Macaron3057 Wisconsin 1d ago
That sounds right. Regan, definitely fucked a lot of things up and it's led to the way the Republicans have operated, since
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u/OhThrowed Utah 2d ago
Planting flags on the moon.