> Subsequant American wars - you're referring to how the US saved South Korea from being destroyed by the Communist north and equally impoverished? And how the US attempted to prevent a similar outcome for South Vietnam, as the North sought conquest of the South?

>Or maybe you're talking about how the US helped save China from the Empire of Japan, and then saved it again from being nuked by the USSR in 1969? And then developed it with trillions of dollars in capital, and helped to open up and liberalize their trade through political discourse.

Hang on! You really think US was the super hero rescuing the world selflessly? You really really really think US cared about the people there instead of their own self interest? I'd like you to revisit history books not viewed from American lens, please.

> Be sure to let Tibet know that China hasn't gotten involved in any wars, and Vietnam too. And let Vietnam, Taiwan, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia all know how peaceful China is, as China annexes territory from them the size of Texas through military force. Taiwan of course has lived under decades of constant military threats from China, with China intent on annexing that nation entirely against its will. It'd be like if the US spent the last 60 years threatening to invade and annex Canada.

> China's protracted development backwardness in the late 20th century was caused by Mao's Communist policies. As those were abandoned and the Communist party liberalized its economic policies toward market systems and property ownership, China began to rapidly develop perfectly in line with that.

Sure. And they did it themselves, and they rose up themselves. What has America to do with it? How is this related to American education system vs Asian education system?

> That of course is not in fact demonstrated by the extraordinarily low economic development of the majority of Asia. Japan for one hasn't seen its economy net expand in 25 years; the US economy has nearly tripled in size in that time.

I kid you not. You keep viewing everything with GDP as a measure and that's silly. By most measures, quality of life in Japan is better than 20 years ago. Their GDP could be lower but who cares as long as life is better? GDP is not everything.

> The US has not declined in the last 20 years. The US is the richest it has ever been in its history.

Ask the poor in America if they believe it. Also, make sure you include national debt obligations in America's networth calculations. GDP is not everything.

> It has one rival globally, in China.

And this used to be a backward ass country only 60 years ago, was destroyed by world wars and basically had no allies globally. The fact that it took them on 60 years to become another global superpower should indicate something. Any other country with a headstart could've become a super power. Why did China? Why do you discredit their drive and desire to educate an entire generation out of poverty?

> The USD remains by far the global reserve currency.

And every day, there are articles about some countries exploring Yuan as another. Why is it that Yuan is even in contention? Surely either China is doing real well or America is doing bad or a combination of both?

Fwiw, I don't think global reserve currency is a measure of anything but if you're going to go down this route, I have arguments against it too.

> Its median net wealth is higher than Sweden and Germany.

Do subtract national debt obligations. Also, median networth means nothing unless it is PPP. Life is cheaper in Asia like I mentioned in my previous post.

> Its median income is among the highest on earth, as is its median disposable income figure.

Life is cheaper in Asia. Absolute values of disposable income is a useless measure. PPP is the measure. Look it up.

> Its economy has outpaced nearly all other developed economies, including in wage growth

Awesome. And "wage growth" is much much much higher in Asia year over year. Just fyi.

> In just the last 10 years, the US has added $4.5 trillion to its GDP. Now compare that to growth in Asia outside of China. That growth is equal to two economies the size of India.

I don't know if you understand math. But fyi, percentage growth is a thing.

Country A has 2% growth out of 100 = 102
Country B has 7% growth of 10 = 10.7

In absolute value, Country A grew more. In percentages, Country B grew more.

Neither absolute GDP growth or percentage GDP growth is useful without looking at the other.

I see that your understanding of the world is a simplistic GDP score. I'd suggest the following:

1. Learn math

2. Learn history of nations from non-American perspectives

3. GDP is not everything. There is more to life

4. GDP is not everything. There is more to life

5. GDP is not everything. There is more to life

6. Even if you think GDP is everything (which it is not), learn to subtract future debt obligations and to understand which countries are growing faster by making use of percentages and not absolute values.

You're really kind of proving GP's point that American education leaves kids underprepared.