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You forget that China also is running up against their demographic clock. They have a very anti immigration culture, and the one child policy means they’ll hav
by bushbaba 6y ago
You forget that China also is running up against their demographic clock.
They have a very anti immigration culture, and the one child policy means they’ll have more retirees than working age in a decade or two.
And it’ll only get worse as given their less than replacement birth rate and substantially more males than females.
- baybal2 6y ago> You forget that China also is running up against their demographic clock. A slightly aged China will still be able to field more military age men than the whole of Western bloc combined.
- thekyle 6y agoI don't know if having a large army matters that much in a nuclear war. I think its more a matter of who has the best antimissile defenses. In the age of nuclear weapons having a large population might actually be a liability since you have more civilians that need to be defended.
- baybal2 6y ago> In the age of nuclear weapons having a large population might actually be a liability since you have more civilians that need to be defended. You probably never heard of Mao's most famous catchphrase, reflecting perfectly on the thinking of people like Xi Jinping.