Those stats are laughable though and don’t apply to the types of people who read those types of stats or come to this type of website. If you have your shit together and are willing to learn and apply yourself, the USA is an unbelievable place. If you’re not then it’s going to be more painful.

My point is the USA has a very different distribution that’s relevant.

As for a “social progress index”, who cares whatever that made up thing is. How about a better indicator like how many millions of people are lined up trying to live here? I think that’s a better measurement.