One could debate where they are drawing the line on what is a "traditional" nation and which are "modern". By that I mean that many of the countries listed as "traditional" have societal structures more similar to the western world, and many of the "modern" nations have very "traditional" structures. But that's neither here nor there. I get that he's drawing a line more between "western/wealthy countries" and "other". The line drawing seems arbitrary to me, but meh.

It also doesn't exactly address the annuity values of the social programming.