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I pretty much agree.
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This feels like an issue of relativity.
I'd rather be poor in the USA than in North Korea. I'd rather be poor in Germany or the UK than in the USA.
But if you look at the middle classes and up then the standard of living in the USA gets very high. And then, if we're talking personally, you have to balance that against specific things you value. The states vary a lot but the insanely low level of things like holiday and sick pay, or worker protections in general, aren't things I like the sound of at all.
If someone's an average American then obviously relative to parts of the world that are struggling for clean drinking water then they're doing bloody amazing. If one of them looks over to Western Europe and goes "They get how many days of paid holiday!?!?" then I'm not going to blame them at all for thinking they're getting exploited. >

I think this basically sums it up pretty well. I feel like this might not be something very debatable after all because it’s honestly just a matter of relativity…
This isn’t just a problem with Americans, hell it’s a problem over here too where people who have arguably amazing lives still end up complaining a ton. It’s something I’ve ended up growing insensitive towards generally. Of course, complaining isn’t all that bad because it does lead to change. >

There are MANY people in this thread, and certainly Americans online, who say EXACTLY what you’re saying here.  You don’t have to fall in line just bc many deny it when you post one specific thread about it.  On its face, it’s ridiculous: saying that the US is, in any way, a terrible place to live, relative to the rest of the world.  And when people see it laid out like this, in this post, it’s easy to deny it.  But, spend 5 minutes on the socials, and you’ll find MANY folks bitching about the US, and claiming it’s the worst.  Look at how this post only has just 67 upvotes after 9 hours.  Hell, roll over to r/latestagecapitalism and pick a post.  I’d ask any poster over there to spend three months at any other place and be at the bottom of the ladder, then ask them if they want to come back.  Every single one would be on the first flight back, I’d bet.  Most of these people complaining have never even been outside the US.  Like all the folks who say “I’m leaving the country if X is elected!!!!!”  Not a lot of those folks go anywhere if you check in on them a few months later, and that’s no surprise.  The internet is loaded with folks who constantly spite the hand that feeds them.  It’s what young people do, generally. >

It's not that it's such a bad place to live for most Americans.
But considering it's the wealthiest country in the world, it should be a whole lot better.