Lawyer run state of the US The top decision makers in China have an engineering background. The US, on the other hand, is run by lawyers. Policy issues that are decided by voters in other countries are debated in the courts in the US and decided by lawyers. The US has 3 times lawyers per capita compared to the European countries. The lawyers are the real aristocracy of the US. It is hardest to build in the most Democrat-led parts of the US. On a per-km basis, Subway costs 5 times to lay in New York than in Paris. DOGE in Trump’s second term would have done better by targeting processes as opposed to personnel. Countries with more engineering majors (“builders”) grow faster than the countries with more law majors (“rent seekers”). Engineering run China Engineers like to build. And that’s why China builds huge cities with great infrastructure. The Chinese are used to a physically dynamic and changing landscape as a symbol of progress. The current generation of Americans is not. China…
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