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You're proving the point of the commenter you're replying to. ;)

They're pointing out that "richness" comes from measuring all parts of a person's life.

But you immediately revert to talking about only money. It's super ironic.

I'm just pointing out how implausible the claim is that the vast majority of Americans are far worse off than Spaniards. Of course there's more to life than money and GDP/capita is an imperfect measure, but the median American leads a very comfortable life.

> I'm just pointing out how implausible the claim is that the vast majority of Americans are far worse off than Spaniards.

Perhaps you have the wrong idea about Spaniards?

The median spaniard will have fewer working hours, more holidays, more paternity leave, lower risk of abruptly loosing their job, have a longer life expectancy, less likely to struggle with extreme medical bills, need to put away less money for children schooling, etc?

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