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by spiderfarmer 77 days ago
There are so many areas where the US lead, but lost the plot. And what did we learn from them losing that leadership status?

We learned that the average citizen will never accept that as fact. And even if they do: they’ll say it never mattered much anyway.

Like life expectancy, happiness, social mobility, literacy, student performance, global soft power and their overall reputation.