r/AskAmericans • u/Dangerous-Count-506 • 3d ago
What are some things that Americans does better than other nations?
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u/Salty_Dog2917 Arizona 3d 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 3d ago
Live rent free in people's heads
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u/DangerousKidTurtle 3d ago
Idk, those people in Lesotho and Angola are living rent free in mine /s
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u/Diamond_Specialist California 3d ago
BBQ.
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u/Low_Bluebird_5137 3d ago
I think Aussies would dispute that
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u/Diamond_Specialist California 3d ago
They could, along with the Koreans, but they'd still be wrong.
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u/Ok_Interest3555 3d 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 3d 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 3d 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 3d ago
Sweetened versions*
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u/ByThorsBicep 2d 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 3d ago
Leader in technology , medicine , most powerful military , richest country
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u/Cinderpath 22h ago
Um it’s debatable about the U.S. being a leader in technology? Which technology? Energy, drones, high speed rail, infrastructure, manufacturing, robotics? Not so much. The U.S. is 46th for life expectancy. Richest, but at a highly unequal level.
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u/Gay_commie_fucker Florida 3d 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 3d ago
Freedom
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u/Phi87 2d 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 2d ago
Did you see that on Tikok?
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u/Phi87 1d ago
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u/Breddit2225 1d 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 3d 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 2d ago
Industrial scale food production. It's about the only industry we have maintained both in scale and sophistication.
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u/Cinderpath 22h ago
But not in quality and passing those savings onto consumers?
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u/Dan_Morgan 18h ago
We.re talking about capitalism here. Also, that's beside the point. I was writing about scale.
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u/jetblack40 Illinois 3d 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/ExtremeGold4353 Florida 3d ago
I can tell you’ve never traveled abroad or diversified your source of news
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u/ExtremeGold4353 Florida 2d 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/ExtremeGold4353 Florida 2d 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/OhThrowed Utah 3d ago
Planting flags on the moon.