Ahhhh...people shouldn't complain about criticism that compares the US to others, but it's "apples and oranges". That phrase, apples and oranges, is a rebuke to

Ahhhh...people shouldn't complain about criticism that compares the US to others, but it's "apples and oranges". That phrase, apples and oranges, is a rebuke to an attempt to compare things. You sound like you're on the fence about this. But we know, it's not necessary to make sense, only to feel bad about the US. Just in case this thing, this time, will be its ultimate downfall. How bad would it be, not to feel bad enough about the US, in its last days? Think of what we would lose! ...