So then are you saying Jonathan that, We should burn The Great Library of Alexandria that it may give advantage to the U.S. Digital Roman Empire, to wit History, Theology and Science can be written in the Western ideology ?
Admittedly YES. Iran and Other Semite States have overt theocratic and governmental rules to control: The State, The Sanctimony of the Religion (Non-Separation of Church & State), The Freedom of Speech (the Blasphemy of the State & Religion), and that these are enforced with severe penalties the worst imaginable in cases.
BUTdose all that not allow People (The Individual) to Flourish? Become Educated, Grow Wise to the Ways of the World, Mature with Age? Of course it does not those lessons of Life from happening.
Many Societies today are and have surpassed us, because of blind faith in the system of the U.S..
Your previous post suggest that the U.S. Citizen are rejecting the projected (News) status quo, as they begin to realize that Other Societies and Civilizations are in the leading position.
Some time back I read that China graduates 150,000 PhD’s per year, India graduates 150,000 PhD’s per year, that’s 300,000 per year
(times the past 10 years = 3,000,000. PhD’s), then add the Other Countries of the World.
Americans are a Minority, whether; White, Black, Hispanic, Asian …. And it won’t matter how much A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) you’ll have to compete with that. It’s gonna be that way. In addition, remember that Money/Wealth is not a measure of Intellectual Capacity. America is Broke, in more ways than one.
Globalization has opened up the World to “Competition” – If you were able to wager a Bet online (Draft Kings/Fan Duel), my money might be on; Iran, or China, or Russia ….
Military Might, the ability and fortitude to Slaughter, Ethnically Cleanse, and Erase from History is not a viable answer to compete with Intellectual Competition (The Race of Humanity).