> There are multitudes of people living in other countries, doing the same jobs as millions of Americans, living much better than their US counterparts. Americ

> There are multitudes of people living in other countries, doing the same jobs as millions of Americans, living much better than their US counterparts. America/American is a religion for many, and its believers won’t be swayed by factual arguments. Some outrageous percentage of Gen Z Americans believe they will be crypto—wealthy soon. Just like their parents and grandparents held onto the hope that they’d become millionaires one way or another. When your foundational principle is a sort of wealth faith, you can overlook the positive societal outcomes in other countries. Because they are not a function of personal wealth, they are inauspicious.