These socialist countries that are so happy because of the money they pour into healthcare and education, do so at the expense of their future growth and their own self defense.

This seems unsustainable.

The US is also a much larger and heterogenous society compared to the countries above us on most lists, such as the scandinavian countries or Lichtenstein.

Anecdotally, when the homeless have smart phones to accept donations and obesity is an epidemic of the poor, we're not suffering for material wealth. A poverty of virtue, maybe so.