Am totally unclear how you could support that assertion other than as a personal idiosyncratic belief .
But any American not realising that the same comment applies to America is foolish.
However , America's problems are much , much worse and not realising that turns foolishness into blindness .
imho .
Bluntly , America is in so much deep shit that they desperately try to rationalise their mess by imagining other nations being in a far worse position than is the case .
It makes them feel less guilty and they feel better .