Better or not
Here is to being hated by the rest of the world. I know why they hate us, the rest of the world I mean. I know why the U. S. is so reviled everywhere. It is because we are no better than any of them. We are just people who elect our own government and throw the bastards out every now and again without bloodshed.
# We are better educated. I'm not saying every moron that rolls off the public school assembly line is better educated. God no. I'm saying we have access to the best minds and the drive to put them to work. Other countries complain that the U. S. draws their brilliant people away.
# We are better equipped. Our armed forces have the tools to do the job most of the time. If they don't have it we will get those big  brainy types mentioned above to get right on that. Americans may be out classed, we may be out run, we might even be out smarted, but we are never out gunned.
# We are more informed. I'm not saying every one is a news addict here, I'm saying we keep better tabs on the entire world including ourselves. There are holes, sure, but the NSA has like thirty eight thousand employees of whom a large number are from that large noggin club.
# We have a better economy. I'm not saying there are not examples of better numbers on this planet, but other economies look at the U. S. for guidance. Some base their currency off ours. Some, like Mexico, China, and most of the Middle East are highly dependent on our economy and they won't even admit it.
# We have better music and TV shows. Hell, we invented TV. We invented cable and satellite TV (I think). Have you seen some of the crap coming from other countries? There are a few gems, but yeeesh.
# We have better innovation. You have no idea how hard we Americans work to out do each other and stay on top. Again, not on every front. The Chinese have stolen some very useful technology from all over the Earth.
# We have better choices. This is broad. We have better choices of food, schools, products, religions  therapists, you name it. All it takes here is money. Other places, money cannot always get you what you want.
# We have better opportunities. Nowhere in the worked do you have a better chance of raising your social economic level than the U. S. Ever.
We are not any better than the rest of them. We have just made better choices.