Please don't comment like this on HN. It set off a generic flamewar about the relative merits of nations/regions in the world, which is the last thing we want here. The guidelines ask us to avoid this:

Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents.

Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html