Agreed, of course. Bringing up agency is on point, as well. I should have included that in my own comment, in short: the US has trouble being socially effective

Agreed, of course. Bringing up agency is on point, as well. I should have included that in my own comment, in short: the US has trouble being socially effective due to wonky "will power"/moral accountability bias--it cannot politically see bounded agencies, and therefore generates fails that strain the lower systems. All speaking super generally, I guess.