Economic development matters. We can't say Thailand is better than the US in every way that matters when it's a much poorer country than the US. Of course, may

Economic development matters. We can't say Thailand is better than the US in every way that matters when it's a much poorer country than the US. Of course, maybe Thailand is better than the US in some or even a lot of the ways that matter, but not all of them. GDP per capita (PPP): Thailand: 26323, USA: 89105 GDP per capita (nominal): Thailand: 7767, USA: 89105 Human Development Index: Thailand: 0.798, USA: 0.938