Canada vs. America

Sarah Vowell is an American writer who believes that Canada’s society is better than America’s society. Yet we are not given information where we are told how valid her argument is. She was born and raised in America, so how much does she really know about Canada’s society? Visiting is not the same thing as living there and getting the whole perspective. She compares American cowboys with Canadian Mounties and argues that Mounties are so much better. They only have one rule and they treat everyone equally, while America is still dealing with inequality. She can criticize America since she has lived here and dealt with it, but I don’t think she really has the right to say that Mounties are so much better. It can appear that way at first on the surface, but since she hasn’t really lived there and experienced everything she can’t know the whole true story about what really happens underneath everything. She says that Mounties are “squeaky-clean icons” and they don’t have a “dark side”. But how would she actually really know this?
Vowell also criticizes on America’s patriotism. She states that America hates and puts down other countries to make it look better. This could be true to a certain extent. But then she goes on to say how Canada is very patriotic also, but not to the extreme case of the United States. She states that Canada is humble in loving their country. This could be true, could not be true. Vowell does not have enough experience to see past the surface. Her whole argument of Canada being better than America is not valid.