I pretty much agree - except for what you say about the Japanese, Koreans, and Chinese using our tech "for free." Everybody borrows technology back and forth.
With the history of automobiles in the USA, it's us that's been copying, not inventing. We made a lot of things better, but most of the big advances in autos were done overseas - including front wheel drive, multi-valve heads, gas engine, diesel engine, turbocharger systems, etc. Gräf in Germany had the first frontwheel drive. Clark in England invented the diesel engine. Rudolphs diesel's came years later. First turbocharger came from Switzerland. First four-stroke engine was designed by Rochas in France, and later improved by Otto in Germany.
My wife's father and grandfather were both Detroit auto engineers. Both told me of many stories about Ford Motor Co. buying foreign cars, and then taking them all part to see what could be copied. In the 70s, Ford had a "robustness" program where they tried to find a way to match Japanese durability.
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