In your opinion, what makes a country "great"?
By John Welford
@indexer (4852)
Leicester, England
October 5, 2020 8:20am CST
Supporters of Donald Trump are happy to wave banners and wear baseball caps that bear the slogan "Make America Great Again", but I wonder what they really mean by "great"?
What do you think they mean, and what would you mean if you used that word when describing a country?
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11 responses
@snowy22315 (182204)
• United States
5 Oct 20
No idea, the Donald is a clown...and almost everyone knows it.
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
5 Oct 20
My definition of what makes a country 'great' and Trump's would very likely be poles apart.
I think that what would make any country 'great' would have to include that all of its residents could enjoy a happy and peaceful life with good housing, clean water, full employment, free health care, a strong economy and a fair legal system. Perhaps, additionally, it should be respected by other nations for things like its ability to mediate fairly and peacefully in other countries' disputes when required.
@jvicentevalera (13671)
• Santiago, Chile
5 Oct 20
Making a country great again would mean the respect for democracy, other people's constructive opinions and guarantee freedom of speech, among others. Most of them violated in my own country, Venezuela.
@marguicha (223802)
• Chile
5 Oct 20
I suppose that a country is great when the people from other countries are not ashamed of how said country is run. Just saying.
@Lushlala (4028)
• Gaborone, Botswana
5 Oct 20
I think we all have a pretty good idea what they mean It's all very subjective and because we're all different, we value different things in life. But for me, personally, a country being great means harmonious race relations, equality, peace, law and order, security and tranquillity FOR ALL. That's what my country strives for and that's the reason I'm so happy to live here even though it's far from perfect.
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
5 Oct 20
I Wonder if people there were so happy with him and thought things were great