Nothing will happen if the comparison is the US, everyone here knows Americans have money and yet somehow seem to struggle even more. In the ways that matter p

Nothing will happen if the comparison is the US, everyone here knows Americans have money and yet somehow seem to struggle even more. In the ways that matter politically (PPP/capita not nominal), the change to the ratio is noise: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=gdp%20ppp%2Fcapita%20usa%20%2F%20gdp%20ppp%2Fcapita%20germany http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=gdp%20ppp%2Fcapita%20us... http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=gdp%20ppp%2Fcapita%20usa%20%2F%20gdp%20ppp%2Fcapita%20uk http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=gdp%20ppp%2Fcapita%20us... http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=gdp%20ppp%2Fcapita%20usa%20%2F%20gdp%20ppp%2Fcapita%20france http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=gdp%20ppp%2Fcapita%20us... What can matter is comparisons with our own past, our own present. We don't want 60k American SUVs, they don't fit on our roads anyway; but we do want a clement home and easy transport, and may very well blame our leaders for oil shocks caused by America attacking Iran.