&#62; It's why everyone wants to be American<p>Pardon?<p>Seriously, do you actually believe that?<p>Definitely not everyone 'wants to be an American'.<p>The only people that 'want to be American' in very large numbers are those that currently are below the standard of life that America offers, and plenty of those people would still be quite happy to be European, Japanese or even Australian.<p>As for your sense of mission and purpose in the world, that might be more of a problem than a part of the solution.