Is it a big mystery? It's the same reason the British were so rich before the US: the right things happening at the right time and place. For the US, being very

Is it a big mystery? It's the same reason the British were so rich before the US: the right things happening at the right time and place. For the US, being very large, a large population, a common language, lots of natural resources, these were all the seeds. Then fairly stable relations with the neighbors followed by Europe sparking 2 global conflicts, the second of which devastated the continent. Didn't the US have more than 50% of the entire worlds GDP in the 1950s? These are the factors that continue carrying the US high. Big tech can exist there because of them. And it will probably last a long time, after all Europe is as rich as it is because of it's history before the rise of the US.