With all due respect, countering a sentiment with “but look how bad these people have it” or “it could always be worse” is rarely (if ever) helpful.
I agree that it isn't helpful, but Americans who are jaded with the state of the country have a tendency to jump right to "if it isn't the best it must be the worst" (and Europeans, Canadians, and Australians tend to reinforce that) which isn't right.
With all due respect, countering a sentiment with “but look how bad these people have it” or “it could always be worse” is rarely (if ever) helpful.
I agree that it isn't helpful, but Americans who are jaded with the state of the country have a tendency to jump right to "if it isn't the best it must be the worst" (and Europeans, Canadians, and Australians tend to reinforce that) which isn't right.
Gross generalization, but point taken.