Quote Originally Posted by Bob's World View Post
America is a nation with many competitors. In fact, arguably everything not American, be it state or non-state, is in competition with the US.
I'll tell him once I meet the next farmer from Malawi.


Seriously, you added a lot to the more usual US-centric view here.
Your statement would be trivial if true, for it could then just as well be said that everything not Turkish is in competition with Turkey.