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The US clung to slave labor after much of the world had moved on.

Are you sure the gas cars are ”cars” and not trucks?

We‘re decades behind on healthcare.

Yeah, but where does most of the electricity come from?

We are an un-developing country

The Milwaukee line ran over the pass near my house in WA. In the early 1900s the train was electric and regenerated power on the downhill-side of the mountains.

RETVRN

Instant bank to bank transfer

I have a hybrid and I think it's insane for anyone not to have one in 2026, but this is a very silly comparison. US sales should be compared only in countries with similar population density and limited public transit. Might as well ask why Wyoming lags behind New York in mass transit usage

I have a hybrid and I think it's insane for anyone not to have one in 2026, but this is a very silly comparison. US sales should be compared only in countries with similar population density and limited public transit. Might as well ask why Wyoming lags behind New York in mass transit usage

Whew I think maybe we should get used to being in this spot. Lotta innovation moving elsewhere rn

bidets

Stupid is as stupid does

Japan also has a government agency (METI) pushing hydrogen cars instead of BEVs as an industrial policy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydroge...

Yep. In fairness, policy support almost never endures, and the only precedent to China's NEV scale-up was US military production in WW II. So HEV hybrids would have been the best choice 99% (?) of the time. Happily for the climate we're in that other timeline. 😊

Wait till we transition to clean coal. USA! USA! USA! Sigh

High speed rail?

We're a very dumb people.

Well, at least we didn’t have a NASA probe slamming into Mars because of that. Oh wait

Public transportation, housing, infant mortality, education, healthcare. Oh you said product because that's how you are measuring a countries success my bad

Make one in the 20k range.

The USB-C port

High speed rail 230v house electrics SI units Universal health care Gun control Single stack drainage

betamax

What do the solar numbers look like?

Germ theory versus miasma theory. It killed President Garfield.

Chip and pin credit card payments too

Murican men think the rest of the world is gay sooooo

I swear half the parking apps don't even work. :/ I hate needing a stupid app just to do basic societal functions.

It’s still not clear if the phone payment system for parking downtown here is broken or the contract ended, so every time I go downtown I get free parking and ticket anxiety.

government health insurance

The US was way behind in adoption of PoS card machines until Apple forced their hand.

Maybe bidet adoption?

I guess you don't recall the 1970s, when the Japanese car makers were so far ahead tht the only reason detroit didn't go bankrupt was that the japanese voluntarily limited exports, to prevent congress from instituting trade barriers

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Weren't we years behind on adopting mobile phone texting? (Granted, not as big as cars.)

Modern high-speed rail?

Are we great yet?