Stupid quiz for ya now

[ddstory]

See, I'm kinda dumb*, so this was the smartest thing I could come up with to-evening. You're welcome to laugh at me.

It's the old worn-out quiz: "Which are the 3 top... X".

So my question to you is this. Which are the 3 things you love the most about your respective society, and which are the 3 things you hate the most?

I'll ask those who choose to

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Country: USA! USA! USA! USA!
+We're super-ridiculously optimistic. People just assume that things will work out one way or the other. Sure we've got our apocalyptic wingnuts, but who doesn't? We've got this confidence that we can and will leave the world a better place than we found it.
+We're independent. It makes for some stupid things (*cough*Imperial measurements*cough*) but I like the idea of being in the "odd country out," in some ways.
+We're vastly diverse. Fifty states spanning ocean to ocean, each with their own politics, able to make their own decisions about how their state will work. That's pretty cool, by my book.

-We're backwards. So much of the US is wrapped up in outmoded concerns that the rest of the world got over ages ago. In some senses it makes us unique, but unique is not always good.
-We're naive. Y'know that optimism I mentioned before? This is the flip side. We're so sure that everything will work out for the best that we don't do what we should be doing to ensure that it does. I really think this is part of the problem with the housing bubble - people knew they were taking on too much debt, but did it anyway, because they trusted life to work out in their favor.
-We're too self-centered. Too much of our lives is about making our lives better, and damn the community. Too many people drive to work so that they can go home whenever, and get caught in traffic behind the same bus every day.