I am familiar with the research cited in that article. I am also familiar with the United States' prolonged history of foreign interference and human rights abuse.

But in the United States I can openly kiss my same-sex husband in public. In Zambia I would be arrested.

The average citizen of the United States still enjoys a relatively high standard of living. Sanitary conditions. High wealth (compared to the rest of the world). Human rights. I find comparisons to banana republics to be hyperbole which ultimately distracts from your arguments.