Or because the US, the richest country ever to exist, is squandering its wealth on weapons and kleptocracy instead of improving its citizens' lives even a tiny amount?

top 10 richest countries on the world adjusted per capita.

notice something missing from that list?

oh wait...look who is on the list?

Is per capita appropriate in this context?

very much so. poor people don't buy things that aren't necessary like internet access.

edit: just to clarify, poor people don't have the expendable income to pay for both home Internet AND a mobile phone.

The poor parts of Eastern Europe like Romania are awash in cheap, fast internet though

you mean the parts that are a part of the EU that directly benefit from support from some of the richest countries in the world?

The EU is still poorer than the US

help me out, the American education system sucks and I can't tell which of these countries are in the EU.