Personally I think China is doing a much better job at securing the future prosperity of the country than the US is. The Chinese Government is systematically ex

Personally I think China is doing a much better job at securing the future prosperity of the country than the US is. The Chinese Government is systematically executing on a long term plan to do that. One example is the way China has cornered the rare earth elements market. We seem to be flailing in 4 (or 8) year cycles with most of the progress made in previous cycle being wasted or destroyed within the next cycle.