“Compare that to USA which is a big, fat, lazy, unimaginative”
Every time a rising Eastern power threatens to overtake America by growth rate (60s USSR, 80s Japan, etc.) it amazes me how much self-loathing America dishes on itself. Really, we heard the same words during the 80s when Japan was the rival. Is it really different this time? China has infinitely larger problems than America in just about any economic, social or environmental measure I can think of.
