A whopping ~ 90 % of Chinese , ~ 70 % of Saudis and Indians and almost 60 % of Argentinians believe their country is headed in the right direction . The global average is just under 40 %. All of these are undergoing or have recently undergone neoliberal reform . Hmm . 89 % of French , 63 % of Americans and 60 % of Brits think their country is headed in the wrong direction . Interesting how of the three , the one that has liberalized the most lately UK is outperforming the two that have not liberalized and of those that haven ' t , the one that still hasn ' t gotten the low hanging fruit out of the way is performing far worse amongst expectations . <| sep |> Yes , because your own experience totally has any bearing to its competitive value