The USA is generally not that good about finding praiseworthy qualities in anyone but themselves. Canada is a common target for mockery and put-downs, mostly without any basis, and because they know we'll ignore it.
Really, any country higher than them on the Most Livable Countries list gets mocked and belittled to some degree. It's more important to them to call themselves the "greatest country in the world" (which most of them seem to believe other countries also call them) than to change their ways enough to be worthy of the title in reality. :/
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The USA is generally not that good about finding praiseworthy qualities in anyone but themselves. Canada is a common target for mockery and put-downs, mostly without any basis, and because they know we'll ignore it.
Really, any country higher than them on the Most Livable Countries list gets mocked and belittled to some degree. It's more important to them to call themselves the "greatest country in the world" (which most of them seem to believe other countries also call them) than to change their ways enough to be worthy of the title in reality. :/