Jean Chrétien: Die Kanadier werden niemals das beste Land der Welt aufgeben, um sich den USA anzuschließen

That Fox interview with Ford really captured how insecure many Americans are about their country. The very notion that people wouldn’t want to be a part of their country was enough to throw the host into an emotional outrage. 

Chretien is right. Many of us don’t want our kids to go to school under the very real risk of being killed; and we value our health care system. I could write paragraphs of why this is a better place to live, but there are organizations that track this sort of thing and they consistently place Canada well above the USA. 

And it’s something that some Americans just cannot cope with. They aren’t all that great, and being told that makes them angry.