You don’t think that 2000 years of continual warfare and bombing each other into the Stone Age anything to do with it do you?
How could Europe have possibly falken so far behind? By doing exactly what you’re doing now. Fighting amongst yourselves.
You’re the ones falling behind and not going anywhere at the moment Canada, New Zealanband the Europeans are pulling ahead.
From the moment that Ronald Reagan was elected, and re-ordered your tax code to favour the wealthy, you started falling behind. The failure to invest in infrastructure, education and research during the past 40 years has slowed your progress and sent your economic progress back to the Robber Baron era, wiping out more than 100 years of advancements in wealth and pay equity