America is just huge and has enormous population. Plust it tend to attract the brightest minds from around the world thus contributing to overall brain drain in other countries.
Britain achived most things on its own. That why it's more impressive.
By your logic some country in Africa deserves #1 because it spawned the human race, and by extension everything on your list as well.
Except that Africa did nothing for the humans to appear (it was just spontaneous) while the UK built an empire and everything mentioned in the OP. Your argument is invalid
Well yes but we only have that influence because we forcibly colonised such a large majority of the world and assimilated them under our culture.
So woo! Queen Britain ha impact I guess
Don't be ashamed of your country's history. Yes the British Empire committed many terrible atrocities but just look at the myriad of things the British have contributed to civilization as listed in the thread. You should be proud to be British, I know I am proud of my British ancestry.
America is just huge and has enormous population. Plust it tend to attract the brightest minds from around the world thus contributing to overall brain drain in other countries.
Britain achived most things on its own. That why it's more impressive.
Did Britain acheive to win WW2 on their own?
If USA didn't help who knows what Britain would be called today
1) Played Instrumental role in the collapse of Ottoman Empire in WW1.
2) Colonized whole India(Pakistan and Bangladesh) and defeated China in both Opium Wars.
3) Fended off the invasion of Spanish Armada and German Lufwaffe in battle of britain.
4) Burnt down White House(the only country to do so in history) in 1812 war.