The facts are in the PISA data collected by the OECD. If you drill down by subpopulation, the majority group in the U.S. goes toe to toe with the majority group

The facts are in the PISA data collected by the OECD. If you drill down by subpopulation, the majority group in the U.S. goes toe to toe with the majority groups in Asian countries, and beats the majority groups in western european countries: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F300g9wczxm4c1.png%3Fwidth%3D971%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Dfb3d7d8d9ac87026cd84ff683d0863922bdbd38d https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.... National competitiveness and distributional equity don’t go hand in hand. China has made tremendous achievements by focusing investment on key provinces instead of trying to bring everyone up together.