If China and India are going to be so great, why aren’t they so great already? Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Korea all industrialized faster and have a higher standard of living - all did it in the 1980s - 40 years ago.
Japan, Korea, Taiwan: Massive financial aid from the west, favorable trade deals for being strategic allies of the west.
This isn’t to say that the people in these countries didn’t work to get where they are; they could have absolutely fucked it up. But it’s important to understand structural reasons for why some countries develop faster than the others.
Upto the late 18th century, South + East asia were absolutely the dominant economic powers of the world accounting for over 50% of the worlds GDP. Colonialism was a huge setback but both China and India (+ other South/East Asian nations like Bangladesh) are rapidly industrializing.
USA has been independent since 1776.
And notice I said "century". Were you educated in America?
No I wasn’t educated in America, not do I live there. You’re moving to personal attacks because you have nothing else.
Its not my fault your reading comprehension sucks.