Comment by tristor
8 hours ago
The UK, per capita, is poorer than every single state in the US. https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/gdp-alert-united-...
As much as the current situation in the US upsets me, anyone who has spent considerable time within the US and outside of the US cannot believe what you've stated as anything other than a trite delusion. The US isn't just the richest country in the world, it has the second highest purchasing power parity per capita in 2026 and historically the highest. The average person in Mississippi is economically better off than the average person in England.
In a similar way to Ireland, measurements of the USA's wealth tend to be severely distorted by the financial shell games that countries play.
https://www.ubs.com/global/en/media/display-page-ndp/en-2026...
Seems to substantially disagree that the average person in the U.K. is worse off than the average person in the U.S.