Per Capita GDP US vs EU:
$57,467 vs $35,632
Combined Capitalization of Stock Exchanges US vs EU:
$15 trillion vs $3.5 trillion*
Unemployment Rate US vs EU:
4.4% vs 7.7%
Aircraft Carriers US vs EU:
11 vs 2
Nuclear Warheads US vs EU:
6,800 vs 640
* excluding London Stock Exchange
Cue: "Yes, but we're now doing XYZ while you're doing ABC, and we're about to surpass you." (AKA the same line we've been hearing for the last 20 years ... but "about" never comes. This is like the people who have been predicting the imminent collapse of Russia for the last 300 years.)
Face it, we're bigger, richer, faster, smarter, and have larger penises. That's the way it's always been, that's the way it will always be. If spending the next two decades predicting a bright future helps you get through the next two decades of grey misery, that's fine. No grudges.
