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Granted this is the silly Murdoch tabloid New York Post, but nonetheless the New York Post's grotesque and extreme Americana nationalism speaks to a trend within American culture.
A trend that often seeks to cheer "U.S.A. #1 U.S.A. #1 U.S.A. #1!!!" and boost that "America is the best country in the world" as if it is infallible wisdom. I am not going anywhere, but is America the "best country ever" for all people? What is best is relative. America is the best country for many Americans, but not for all. And, yet, many Americans feel a personal affront whenever anyone ever suggests that America is special for Americans in the manner that, say, Italy is special for the Italians. That many nations are seen as "the best" by their nationals. That we are not necessarily in all eyes the "best country in the world". No, no, many shout, we are the best and always #1 and anyone who says otherwise is either just an envious foreigner or an unpatriotic native.
Sometimes this nationalism-on-steroids is taken to such a level that it defies reality. This is where the New York Post comes. Playing to such #1 nationalism, the Post recently had this cover for the recent World Cup game between Team USA and Team UK:
The USA Wins! 1-1. But we still won! Hurray for us!!! The game was a draw, and a draw due not to U.S. skill but a British fumble that allowed for a lucky U.S. goal:
But the Post preaches that a lucky draw with Britain, whereby the British in effect scored their own goal, is really a win for the U.S.
How great to be an America. We always win. No matter what. We are always #1 Got that?
