We may compare to the situation of American automobile manufacturers. If we had no Toyota or Honda to compare to, one might then insist cars could not be relia

We may compare to the situation of American automobile manufacturers. If we had no Toyota or Honda to compare to, one might then insist cars could not be reliable. One might even point to Jeep and Tesla and claim Ford and Chevy were exemplary, by comparison. But we happen to know cars can be better because we have better cars.