• masterspace@lemmy.ca
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    21 hours ago

    The US isn’t innovating jack shit.

    The US just created a massively polarized and unequal society so that when a country creates a new brilliant researcher or innovation, an American company can buy them out.

    Basically, the insane poverty and lack of government services that the average American experiences gives them enough cash to buy up innovative people, companies, and competitors.

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      21 hours ago

      Also the post-WW2 world order heavily favours their economy.

      Their allies buy their debt, and their weapons. They give access to theiir markets to US companies, and support US wars around the world. They invest in the US economy in an unbalanced way that favours the US economy.

      And all of this was in exchange for US security.

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      19 hours ago

      Innovate people, companies, and competitors

      And quickly turn them complacent. I work at a Japanese company, and the amount of times I see an amazing Japanese expat turn into a busybody is insane. We have crafted the perfect “fuck your idea just do your job” culture