why does the u.s.a. think they own the planet,and think they  are the only  country on earth?
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Okay - here we go - I'm in the US.  The people do not feel that way.  You are listening to our president.  He is not someone the "PEOPLE" want back in office - EVER EVER AGAIN. I mean his own Republican party is turning against him because of his decisions.  Now, here's the thing and maybe you don't know.  The US has been outsourcing - sending their business to other countries in order to pay lower wages.  We are VERY NOT THRILLED about that because we need the jobs in this country.  We are not as well off as you think.  It's almost impossible to find affordable housing where I live and the wages are the same as years and years ago.  You'd be SURPRISED if you lived here. I REALLY HOPE YOU AND ALL OTHERS READING THIS (OUTSIDE THE US) don't hold all this President Bush stuff against us.  I personally did not vote for him and am proud of that.  He's hurt us in big ways too.  I wish I knew exactly what prompted your question though.  Could you ask another question that would answer that or edit this one?
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China has already taken over they have been buying American bonds for years and, in theory, they own our country.\n\nYou can fool some people some time but, you can't fool all people all the time.  The world has caught on to the trickory. and if the U.S. don't capitalise on their new scam of the global marketplace, the only thing that may save us is that our government wants to rule at all cost.  And that my not be a good thing.
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What I know is that the USA are thought to be the center of the world.It seems to me that only Americans have the right to live.
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Besides being ridiculous, this question is barely comprehensible.  Why in the world would you think that the U.S would blow up Mars?
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For all of America's weath and influence, for all of its powerful media, we are surprisingly isolated from the world.  What's more, we are still very slowing climbing out of the cultural muck that has allowed many of us to believe we are literally superior to the rest of the world.\n\nAmerica continues to behave arrogantly to the world, insisting we always know best, and our interests should be always honored.  It has done a great deal of harm to us the past 15 year in my opinion.\n\nIf only some of us could see ourselves in the eyes of those around us in the world.  Of course, most of us are so conceited and self-involved that we couldn't care less.
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US was an independent country, so it controlled its own territoty, but not much beyond it (the present world domination started after WWII)
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Thats the point !!! ........ they think they're the world and nobody else exists, americans are selfish and stuck up in themselves and then they dont even want to share what they have, you can see that in their strict inmigration laws. Thats why they have so many enemies across the world, many countries hate them some of them dont tell that openly because of diplomacy but they do. Cause americans think they're the big s**t and every where they go they think every one is there to serve them. But one day the nation will fall like any other in history and their ego will fall with them.
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There's a reason that no one nation rules the whole world. Is this a serious question?
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i will let you know something that a few usa citizens know,you are asking that from an usa perpective,because if you go around the world you will understand that in the usa the media is not bringing international information very well,so the most of the time you see everything thinking that the earth is spinning around only one country,big mistake,the opposite ,the usa needs of the rest of the world like the countries with a thought of freedom need the usa,right now bush is searching for support outside did you know that?like the leftist parties(communists) are winning more countries around the world?why?the politic of bush and the republicans,the world not, the usa, is moving into a change,i agreed about safety measurements but i do not agreed about the way that they are dealing with the inter. relations,they are losting friends countries.
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Well, there's two ways of looking at it.\nFirstly, as you say, in an increasingly globalized world no nation--no matter how powerful or wealthy--can afford to be selfish or motivated by narrow, self-centered interests. Thus, the USA too must adapt to the new realities and requirements of this age. It must strive to be more friendly and sympathetic towards other nations and generally develop a more positive attitude in its dealings with the rest of the world.\nThe other aspect is, that all nations have their own interests at stake, ultimately. And the USA also has its interests to watch and protect. But even if this is the case, it doesnt mean that it can ride rough-shod over other nations and interfere indiscriminately in their affairs.\n There is a dire need for it to strike the right balance between (a) national self-interest and (b) global needs, concerns and relations.\nIf the US wants to play a greater, more responsible role in world politics, it should do so with legitimacy i.e., by being a part of international organizations and acting in concord with them not by trying to usurp the role of the UN or other, similar agencies.
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Hollywood wants the entire world to think that America is the one and only nation that needs to be coveted. If you can't live like an American then you should hate them.\n\nEnvy, supernation syndrome. Pretty sick concepts for entertainment purposes.\n\nWhat I can tell you is that the entire world was shocked at the inability of Mr. Bush's government to respond to the Katrina event. And of course the elections fiasco by which he was appointed President. I call it the supernation syndrome, and unfortunately it seems the government fell for it.\n\nNot everyone hates America, it seems Americans hate America because of all the terrible things pictured in their movies. Maybe you don't know this, but some movies that are viewed overseas provide some excellent ideas, some of them were put in practice on 9/11. It's called wishful thinking.\n\nAmericans are so obsessed with themselves that they refuse to see beyond their borders, thus almost all of their movies expose their nation to terrible dangers, only to finally triumph. Well, not in every case.\n\nHollywood has fed that kind of crap to the American Public and the world, for decades. Producers and directors claim they know what the people want. Of course that is true, if you've never seen anything different.  Remember that it's just business, it's like a microwave formula, it works, it makes money, it feeds the supernation syndrome.\n\nThat's what I think. Hope it helps.
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Because the USA has delusions of granduer and (as a whole) think it's THE one and only true America.
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It's because we are the only planet with living beings that we know of so we only have Earth as an example of what living things need.
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That's just because the americans like to think they own everything and they think they are the best, when they aren't.
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As the "self appointed" ruler of the universe,the U.S. government feels that the total annialation of a people is strictly their privlige.Only ONE "GOD" per planet PLEASE!
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Because the USA is owned and run by corporations that need the capitalist system to thrive.
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Full scale paranoia. I gues as long as the US holds the doomsday of the world by themselves, they're happy. The complex developed from the Cold War, when Rey-gun was in office. Despite SALT I and II, he decided to make more nukes, same with others after him. With the doomsay device in their hands, SOLELY in their hands, they are happy. Simple rulernomics on the road to imperial control...