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by photon137 4449 days ago
Great universities.

English as the primary language (great learning resources available for it all across the globe).

Real economic mobility - you can really make it big if you're smart, persevering and slightly lucky. Who you know matters to a certain extent in all countries, but the significance of that factor is less in the US as compared to the other countries, in my opinion (others may disagree, of course).