It’s really hard to say something is better than something else.
Take the US and France. Which is better? It’s a nonsense question. You can come up with an answer. You could say the US is better because it has more people and a larger GDP. You could say France is better because it has longer life expectancy and good croissants. You could say any number of things but none of them would be particularly salient because nations are very hard to compare in general, unspecific ways.
Even simple things are hard to compare in general, unspecific ways. Is one pencil better than another? It might be lighter, but more expensive. There isn’t a right answer here, just what we prefer.
So we can be subjective. “I like this apple more than that one.” That’s clear enough. It does get harder with more complex things though. “I’d prefer to live this life than that one.” Would I? Lives are such complicated things! I might prefer some aspects of it and dislike others. Who am I to judge their relative importance?
Say I’m picking between staying at my job and getting a new one. The new one might have opportunities to learn new things in a cooler city. But the old one would have let me build roots and experience seniority. Is one of these better than the other?
It’s not even that clear that my life would be better with a lot more money! I would be an entirely different person, with entirely different problems. I might be really unhappy.
I guess one of the beautiful things about life is that we get to figure out for ourselves what we care about and prioritize. Even if there isn’t a right or a wrong answer, it can be meaningful to make the choice and experience the results.