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I think there may be some parallels to draw here with the USSR. The CCP is another top down model that has some advantages and some disadvantages compared with
by solotronics 7y ago
I think there may be some parallels to draw here with the USSR. The CCP is another top down model that has some advantages and some disadvantages compared with western liberal democracy. Can China convince countries to align with its goals? If they can do this better than the US then they will win.
- mytailorisrich 7y agoThe USSR had a comparable (corrected: not small as I first wrote) population and a small economy compared to the USA's. Moreover their economy was highly disfunctional. It's a bit like all the fear mongering about Japan in the 80s. The hard truth is that Japan was way too small to be a threat. China, on the other hand, is much bigger than the USA. The fact that the USA are currently so much stronger than China is therefore the anomaly in a historical perspective.
- wil421 7y agoThe USSR was the 3rd most populated country in 1990, ahead of the US. The US census calculated 248 million in 1990 vs 286 million for the USSR in 1989. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_United_States_Census https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_United_States_Census https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Census_(1989) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Census_(1989)