[kbenson]

I'm not sure I understand your interpretation. I read it as mainly "the things people point out as problems are really just symptoms of a country in misery because all the things providing a stable base for people have been systematically removed or destroyed".

> a complete failure to crib off the results of developed nations across the world that simply don't have constant ongoing crises about everything.

And this I took to mean "there exist countries of a similar level to the United States that don't quite have this problem. Look at what they did and steal what works." I'm not sure how that implies anything about some countries being undeveloped.