> you could probably count on one hand countries that would be better to be poor in That's not true; I'm American but I have personally been to more countries

> you could probably count on one hand countries that would be better to be poor in That's not true; I'm American but I have personally been to more countries where the poor are (much) better off, in terms of health care or just generally. For instance, Canada, Japan, Spain, France, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Portugal, Belgium... well shit, let's just call it "everywhere I've been but China and Mexico". And even those last two could go either way.