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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah the US utter failure in this area is why the US ia such a laggar in science and technology innovation.

Think about it.. what software and technology do we use that was invented in the US? It's all coming from China and India!

For example, iPhone, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, the internet.... oh wait.[/quote]

This has been the subject of tons of articles since the 1980s as well.  All these Asian countries where kids score high on these international tests, yet the countries themselves are not conducive to innovation and the population is miserable.  China is primarily only an innovator because the government has effectively "banned" western companies, so domestic players have no foreign competition.  I would say Tik Tok however is definitely an example of a true worldwide Chinese company.

Of course, now China's economy is stagnating and youth unemployment is horrible (25%+).  It is so bad they won't even publish it anymore.

Korea and Japan have abysmal birth rates.  Professionals in Japan move to Australia to work as a waiter and double their salaries.  Korea is a depressing place where everyone sends their kids to 8 hours of school and then another 8 hours of cram school.  Very few start-ups because Hyundai, LG, etc....these conglomerates dominate the economy.[/quote]

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