Leading in economic wealth, military assets, and soft power but still not a superpower to some?

[u/GoldenStitch2]

[u/IntrovertMoTown1]

It's always "nice" to see how poor public edumacation is in other places. I mean I knock ours here in America quite often but really it sucks pretty much the world over. Now add that to why George Carlin was able to first make the "joke" way back in 78 that went "think about how stupid the average person is, and realize that half of them are stupider than that." So IDK maybe I'm just expecting too much from schools.