Yeah, my comment does seem to depict America as a monolith. I mean, no one in the world thinks Silicon Valley is lacking in relevance. And no doubt many other p

Yeah, my comment does seem to depict America as a monolith. I mean, no one in the world thinks Silicon Valley is lacking in relevance. And no doubt many other places have their crap sorted out too. But my point remains, America on the whole needs to do more "developing" than sitting on it's laurels as a "1st world country". Just because someone, somewhere in America is doing ok doesn't mean you should give up drinking water/healthcare/education/sensible-financial-services for other people. Also - as you say - not like America is alone in this, and far from being the worst place to live in the world - even with Trump. But being media-wise very visible in the world we seem to see a lot more "America is wonderful." than acknowledgement of the flaws. My own country - Australia - largely digs up dirt for it's economy, also has a history of ignoring experts, has it's own dark history, etc etc. I am so disappointed in my own country too.