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I don't know how joking you are, I hear this in the wild from Aussies a couple of times a month.
About Americans or Australians?
It's usually: well, we may be a neoliberal state with the resulting capitalist issues but let's be thankful we're not living in the US.
For example, most recently I heard this in a conversation about growing wealth disparity.