There is a big First World out there (eg the OECD Countries of which our ex Finance Minister is President) so, IMo, its a bit binary obsessive to only compare the USA with China or the USA with Russia.
What about the worlds 3rd & 4th economies; namely Japan & Germany and then the rest of Western Europe ? That said, however, this might not suit the Right Wing Agenda on many on these threads who are into juvanile labeling rather than analysis.
While its a piece if piss to rubbish a country or a regime in a silly oneliner, it takes more grey matter to list a countries strengths and weaknesses and suggest how it could use its strengths better and shore-up its weaknesses.
For Example : (lets skip the USA for a moment for the sake of an example closer to home)
Lets pretend that Australia's Strengths & Waknesses are:
Strengths: -Amazing natural resources including farming. -12 months a year outside weather -Well educated workforce -An established political system dominated by the Rule Of Law -Not too much corruption -Diverse Multicultural Society
Weaknesses: -Small Population to service a vast country -Economic history of Booms & Bursts (the latest the Foreign Tourist Burst) -A habit of exporting commodities with minimum Aus content & importing manufactured goods -Being overly dependant on one class of commodity and/or country (eg wool & Gold in the 19thC & now Iron Ore & Coal/LNG./China ) -A significant and persistent loss of local manufacturing -High Taxes & High labour costs & High Red Tape.
Etc Etc Etc
There are lots more but by now I'm sure you get the drift.
So for the purpose of demonstration this should be adequate.
So a reasonable plan to use our Strengths better & remedy our weaknesses might be:
-Grow our Population base to rival that of Canada so that the costs of infrastructure etc is spread over a larger taxpayer base.(Canada in G7) -diversify trade so that we are less reliant on one country or one set of raw commodity exports -Downstream process some of our raw commodities so that we can diversify trade and broaden the wealth benefits -Use AI & robotics to manufacture (even China with lower wages than Aus is doing that (eg flatpack exports etc) -devise Special Economic Zones to counter our high labour inputs, high taxes and excessive Red Tape
Do you get the drift and by the way this is just an example of how a good economic/industrial plan could work.
So back to the USA which is the Topic:
Has the USA published such an analysis /recovery plan? The answer is no because it either wants to keep it secret or it simply doesn't exist.
I guess in the world of propaganda to outline a USA Weaknesses Audit would be seen as unpatriotic and even treachery while it relies on the market (AKA big Corporations to manage the lions share of the economy who ironocally have comprehensive plans for themselves including an annual review focused a Swot Analysis and revamped business plans to suit.)
But the USA Government cant do that.....oh no!!!........... that would be Socialist....eh? The Objective of America's Big Corporations including its Multinationals is to keep the Government as weak as piss so it does not stymie their insatiable greed.
