No argument was made. Japan wasn&#x27;t mentioned. It was something like, &quot;these are the top ten nations measured by quality of life as judged by the international administration of judgmental assholes, and you can see that they all have lower suicide rates than USA.&quot;<p><i>When</i> the exclusion is mentioned, <i>and</i> some reference to other, more decisive factors is made, your point might be valid, although in that case one has to wonder why we&#x27;re not looking at the more decisive factors instead. It is rarely the case that such caveats are mentioned when trying to dress up political opinions in sociological camouflage. USA is a postcolonial nation of the Americas with a large, diverse population. As such, when considering health or violence it should be compared to other postcolonial nations of the Americas with large, diverse populations, e.g. Mexico or Brazil. It&#x27;s rare for that to take place. TFA succeeds in that, so it has my compliments.