I get a kick out of the US being arrogant about its position in the world.

I traveled on a vacation to Asia in 2018 and didn't even go to Mainland China but it struck me then that Asia is so far ahead of what the average westerner thinks its incomprehensible to even explain it to them.

Example - off the coast of Singapore i looked and saw 100's of Cargo ships. Not the small river vessels either - the huge oceanliners. Never have I seen something that resembles that in the west and I have traveled a fair bit.