Completely wrong. Class and quality is in the details. There are some very high quality “output” from the US. The space shuttle, the medical innovations, the internet … would fail completely without all the details exactly right.

You can also say the Chinese layman on the street are not detailed. The top Chinese students are well trained on the details, but doesn’t mean all Chinese people are.

Singapore is a “well run” city, showing in the details, but that’s really due to effective government and a rather saturated service industry.