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No, it's very difficult to understand. It's basically brainless. Too many ambiguous words.
For instance, can you define what it means if a country is "great", or if it is the opposite of "great"? Would your definition match anyone else's?
OPs question is not about whether you can objectively define that a country is ‘’great’’ but rather what is it that constitutes their country as ‘’greatest’’ or exceptional in the (subjective) minds of many Americans nowadays?
No, but its formulation seems to imply that there is such a definition, that the US obviously don't satisfy it but that a lot of americans mistakenly believe that it does.
Also, feels a bit strange that you address that response to the one comment (ok, one of the two ) that address that point rather than to any of the ones who assume that the US are objectively not a great country.
The definition doesn't exist, but yet, yes, many Americans do believe it still.