True. But I think progress over the years is a better metric for whether things are in a good place, policy-wise, than "some other country does things better."

True. But I think progress over the years is a better metric for whether things are in a good place, policy-wise, than "some other country does things better." So I'm not grumpy about the state of the U.S.'s internet infrastructure, but I am grumpy about the state of the U.S. health care system (for example).