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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Of course I did. Kind of sad that the culture is so built around a flawed system of testing intelligence. I guess when a country churns out students like widgets on an assembly line, you get a culture like Korea that hasn't had much in the way of innovation, just copy and improve slightly, although I'd argue Korean cars are still inferior to most.
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I could not disagree more...when it comes to Countries who have changed their innovative ability over the last 60 years there are only two that have had meaningful changes (relative to other countries) South Korea and Israel. In the 50's South Korea was third-world and today it is going toe-to-toe with almost any first world nation in innovation. However there are structural problems (like the Chaebols) so we will see if they can keep it up.
And in regards to cars...Korean cars inferior to most? That is flat out wrong...current Hyundai cars are IMO as good as any brand in the sub-$40k range. They aren't gobbling up market share because they suck.