Why does any country or bloc need to learn lessons about "falling behind" the US?

Why is that the yard stick?

I certainly don't spend all day dreaming of F150s, McMansions, the psychopaths leading silicon valley, 9 lane highways, US style PE, and world-class fascist politicians such as Trump

Dear lord

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spacebanana7 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A couple of decades ago both France and Britain had higher per capita GDP than the US. Now they are significantly behind.

Similarly top European companies used to rival American companies in profitability, power and valuation. There’s not really an equivalent of FAANG/ NVIDIA in Europe, just ASML and LVMH.

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nxm 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Dear lord… thanks to EU regs, you’re already behind in tech and giving up more and more ground to China in manufacturing (see planned VW job cuts just this week)

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rockinghigh 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The US is also falling behind Chinese manufacturing. They had to ban Chinese cars because legacy American automakers couldn't compete.

	▲	Chu4eeno 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		China just recently had to ban their own companies from selling cars below cost. It's not a clear win for China, their car companies are struggling.

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yownie 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

do you have an original talking point somewhere in this drivel that doesn't sound like it's written by a 15 year old edgelord?

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