You're not wrong... But...I beg to differ, that amazing place thing only counts for those that manage and neglects the huge disparity, I tend to think that a country like f.e. Norway or Switzerland does FAR better when averaging all of their population and taking into account social welfare situation for those not making shitloads of Kroner or Franks.
Yet indeed, the dual standard in the US always gets me, titty bars galore, endless porn is produced and likely 'consumed'.
Tiny, super tight on immigration and very very very homogenous societies. One of which has extreme oil wealth especially in a per capita sense the other of which imports wealth through bank secrecy and tax haven maneuvers. Neither of which are reproducible on a large scale. They're not the land of opportunity. Both take far more than they give globally to subsidize their poorest at home.
Not to say they aren't great countries in their own ways. There's just no way you could say 'oh America could just be like them if it adopted their policies'.
Though Roger Federer was a swiss gift to the world.