@mastodonmigration I wouldn’t put too much stock into that us vs them idea, it is impossible to compare anyway. But many people do come from education systems which are very under-resourced as well.
But there is some stock in the idea that the people who end up in positions to move to the U.S. for school or work do tend to have an outsized amount of ambition and motivation, regardless of their resources, so it’s hard to compare the top % of each country with a general swathe of any population