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As Americans' confidence in institutions hits record lows, US plunges in competitiveness rankin

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Kwabena Ofori Osei
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For the first time ever, global business executives ranked the United States outside the Top 10 in international surveys of competitiveness. The US was firmly in the top spot for decades, and was never out of the top three. According to this year's survey, executives pushed the United States to #12, while Asian economies Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the UAE snagged four of the top eight spots.

This survey of international business leaders mirrors what everyday Americans tell pollsters at home: the United States is on the wrong track, and American citizens' confidence in national institutions are at all-time lows.

But our policymakers rely on other surveys, such as from the World Economic Forum and the UN, which continue to show the US as the most competitive. Why is there such an apparent disconnect, between what business executives say about doing business in and with America, and what transnational organizations claim?

Resources and links:

Is the United States Really One of the Most Competitive Economies in the World? No.
https://www2.itif.org/2022-ina....ccurate-competitiven

The US drops out of the Global Competitiveness Top 10
https://aheadoftheherd.com/the....-u-s-drops-out-of-gl

U.S. High School Students Lag Foreign Peers in Achievement Scores
https://www.ethicssage.com/202....2/03/us-high-school-

Statista, The world's most competitive economies
https://www.statista.com/chart..../30231/the-worlds-mo

U.S. Education Rankings Compared to Other Countries
https://www.thebalancemoney.co....m/the-u-s-is-losing-

Gallup, Satisfaction With the United States
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1....669/general-mood-cou

Historically Low Faith in U.S. Institutions Continues
https://news.gallup.com/poll/5....08169/historically-l

Majority of American voters say country is headed in wrong direction
https://nypost.com/2024/07/16/....us-news/majority-of-

Closing scene, Chongqing riverside


Confidence in colleges and universities hits new lows, per FIRE polls

https://www.thefire.org/news/c....onfidence-colleges-a

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Kwabena Ofori Osei
Kwabena Ofori Osei 1 month ago  

What do you want to be when you grow up?

China kids: “I want to be an astronaut.”

UK-US (the west) kids: “I want to be a YouTuber/Vlogger social media content creator.”

China is teaching their kids to build the world, to be the number one superpower of the world in the future.
US-UK (the west) is teaching their kids to entertain the world.

This is the state of western education that we as Km=Abibi=Black (African) parents are soo proud and overjoyed to send our Black children to.

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Baka Omubo
Baka Omubo 1 month ago

The west is sinking

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Kwabena Ofori Osei
Kwabena Ofori Osei 1 month ago

@Baka Omubo: Yup. Fast. Especially America.

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Kwabena Ofori Osei
Kwabena Ofori Osei 1 month ago

The United States as a superpower is on the decline downward slope, and China is jostling its way upward to become the next superpower of the world in the near future.

Whether we like it or not, the United States as a superpower hegemony is coming to an end and it’s coming to an abrupt end, fast.

How are we as Black men, as Afrikan men positioning ourselves so that our children children children are in a position to capitalize on the opportunities of China’s rise as the next superpower of the world.

How can we use China to industrialize Kmt=Abibiman=Farafina=the Land of Black people=the Black Community.

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Kwabena Ofori Osei
Kwabena Ofori Osei 1 month ago

This is not an endorsement of China, This is to show the mindset of a people who wants to build and be a superpower and those who are content and wants to be consumers at the bottom of the totem pole.

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