As a European living in the United States, I think that is because the people suffering by far the most in the US are so ill-informed about other Western democracies and so brain-washed from an early age, that they actually are proud of the abuse they’re suffering in this country! After all they constantly hear they’re “no. 1″. What they generally don’t hear is that the US is “no. 1″ in the percentage of uninsured children etc. Even the ability to legally bribe politician here, called “campaign contributions”, is called “freedom of speech.” I guess corporations and rich people have much more “freedom of speech” than someone with a median income.