I was born in a third world country and lived in a (concrete) hut.<p>It&#x27;s most likely worse here tbh. Jerks are spread evenly across population. It&#x27;s infectious too. If ten people are jerks to you today, it&#x27;s likely you won&#x27;t be as nice.<p>Generally, smart people are more likely to leave bad places. And because they&#x27;re more qualified, they have the option to.<p>And so the jerks are left behind and bully the remaining people into becoming jerks. I think it&#x27;s no coincidence there&#x27;s so many jerks in places like China and India.