One country sells organs of political prisoners on the black market and imprisons millions for religious beliefs. The other has millions of people including much of the media call the current leader a fool openly with no fear of arrest.
Sovereign ruled.
> border detentions
Of illegal border crossers.
> hate groups
That danged First Ammendment.
> largest per capita prison population
Probably a statement more about valuing human rights. We don't just execute criminals we don't like.
> a high murder rate
I found the US to be about 90th down the list of countries in the world for murder, at 5.35 per 100k [1].
Maybe we are a little more perfect than you think.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...