AsGryffynn on 13 July 2018
The reason it looks that way is because of size. A country as big as the US means structural problems are a lot bigger and harder to fix. It's the reason the US is much wealthier than Russia but technologically, seems to be behind (Russia has multiple high speed rail lines, averages faster and cheaper internet speeds and prices and despite looking like the opposite, is more plastic/NFC friendly, despite having a considerably lower GDP per capita)...
Oh... There's one more thing to it as well...
