That's nothing compared to my travels but that isn't the point. The point is that if you call the world outside of the US "shitholes" then the only part you've seen of the world are various McDonald's toilets.
The US is the shithole of "the western world" so the only part of the globe that Americans can claim to be inferior is the Third World. The US is only a "flawed" Democracy (that's a quote) according to the International Democracy Index which puts it way down in about 25th place, or even less. Something is very fishy about your
"quite a bit of travel abroad" statement. I smell a con job.