OT: citizens and countries - was Re: v3.5.1 - msi download

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Michael Torrie at 2015/12/23  UTC+8 12:22:23PM wrote：
> In the American way of thinking, the country *is* the people.  So it was
> neither a lie nor a bad thing that Kennedy proclaimed.  Maybe this is
> not true for other countries, but I think most Americans would feel it
> is true for their country.  And indeed the sentiment that Kennedy
> expressed resonates deeply with many/most Americans. A country is only
> made great by citizens willing to do many things for the good of the
> country and their fellow citizens.

I don't think any country can be "great" if it can't even take care of its own people well. American can not be great because of there are millions of citizens has no enough food, health cares and living on the street, at the same time this country spend billions of dollars on bombing other country's people.

This situation is painful to human mind and it was supposed to be solved by the country leaders. But politicians are incapable of doing anything except been good on spreading glorious words and sentences. As an anaesthetic to divert people from this incapability, these words also make some Americans happy to ignore the facts and continuously to believe that American is still a great country.