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How americans view the US (lemmy.world)
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[–] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)
  • The US is one of the greatest countries in the world, along with some others
  • There are other countries better than the US

Isn't the second statement implied by the first?

  • Shaquille O'neil is one of the tallest people in the world, along with some others
  • There are other people taller than Shaquille O'neil
[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

The way I see the three options:

USA > others
USA = others
USA < others

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 20 hours ago

That is not what the text says. It's giving

  • poor
  • fair
  • good
  • better
  • amazing