China has 4X the number of people than the US, graduates 4X the number of engineers and scientists, invests heavily in infrastructure, and focuses R&D on technologies of the future. The US, on the other hand, doubles down on outdated tech and lets all its infrastructure crumble in the name of corporate pillaging and stock manipulation while spending absurdly on maintaining empire.
I think it’s interesting to look at the technical and highly skilled work that a country requires. I feel the US strategy is to depend on educated foreigners to come to their country and contribute to American economy and technological development, while the citizens who are educated here are given the lowest quality education because of austerity. It’s incredibly short sighted.
This isn’t even a question. It’s a numbers game.
China has 4X the number of people than the US, graduates 4X the number of engineers and scientists, invests heavily in infrastructure, and focuses R&D on technologies of the future. The US, on the other hand, doubles down on outdated tech and lets all its infrastructure crumble in the name of corporate pillaging and stock manipulation while spending absurdly on maintaining empire.
I think it’s interesting to look at the technical and highly skilled work that a country requires. I feel the US strategy is to depend on educated foreigners to come to their country and contribute to American economy and technological development, while the citizens who are educated here are given the lowest quality education because of austerity. It’s incredibly short sighted.
It manages to fuck both over the US and the donor countries.