If I'm not mistaken Singapore and Bermuda have higher average incomes than the US and Europe. On the other hand the people of Costa Rica, Uruguay and Chile for

If I'm not mistaken Singapore and Bermuda have higher average incomes than the US and Europe. On the other hand the people of Costa Rica, Uruguay and Chile for example are mostly pretty happy with their circumstances as are other middle income countries that are not kleptocracies. China too is coming up fast in terms of income if not democracy. Hard to argue that it's not a gated community too even if the gate is bi-directional in this case. Overall this looks like a cherry picking exercise.