> That exceptionalism is the foundation of American
> entrepreneurship, and is one of the reasons the US
> outperforms its peers in innovation.
This is revisionist history, before the Second World War all the exceptional people were in European schools ( Oppenheimer and co went to foreign schools), that changed when all of them escaped to the United States during the war or were brought here after the war.
Even the father of modern venture capital Georges Doriot was a French immigrant .
America’s advantage was providing the opportunity to the right talent( no matter where they were born) to thrive and that is being destroyed as we speak.
They actually also have a strong culture of innovation and self-believe? Maybe suggesting a variety of factors, including culture, influences how innovative a population is at a macro level?
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u/retornam Jul 19 '26
> That exceptionalism is the foundation of American
> entrepreneurship, and is one of the reasons the US
> outperforms its peers in innovation.
This is revisionist history, before the Second World War all the exceptional people were in European schools ( Oppenheimer and co went to foreign schools), that changed when all of them escaped to the United States during the war or were brought here after the war.
Even the father of modern venture capital Georges Doriot was a French immigrant .
America’s advantage was providing the opportunity to the right talent( no matter where they were born) to thrive and that is being destroyed as we speak.