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China is engaging in fifth generational warfare (information, hacking, economics) against the US. How can you win a war if you don't even know it's happening?

cbozeman 6y ago
Once again, blame can be heaped upon the goddamned Boomers. Their incessant desire to keep running shit, to constantly keep their standard of living not only the same, but *increasing* during their old age - has been the catalyst for this problem. The offshoring to China of manufacturing and electronics assembly has given China an enormous economic advantage. At least the "Greatest Generation" had the good grace to retire and die instead of trying to suck everything dry like some kind of economic vampire. And just like vampires of lore, the Boomers destroy everything with which they come into contact. 500 years from now, historians are going to marvel at this generation that crippled multiple generations after it due their avarice and entitlement.
- Judgmentality 6y ago
  > Once again, blame can be heaped upon the goddamned Boomers. As someone who actually believes there is a lot of merit to this stance, you do almost nothing to persuade anyone of its truth. You're making a bold claim with very little evidence. I don't know how much boomers are to blame for certain problems today, but I don't believe it's all of them like your comment implies. I genuinely would enjoy hearing more evidence to support your claim if you have any to share. So far you've only used deductive reasoning based on principles, which is essentially worthless when talking about something as complicated as the world economy and military might over a timespan of decades.
  - lapaz17 6y ago
    You think thar offshoring is done by millenials?
- xiphias2 6y ago
  I have seen young people from US in my travels who were just as entitled as the old people from there. At the same time US is still a great place, people just have to accept that life is not as easy as they thought there.
AnimalMuppet 6y ago
You seem to be saying that we don't know it's happening. And yet that you do. That combination seems improbable.
- throwaway53453 6y ago
  Being aware that it's happening as an enthusiast and being aware as an Average Joe are very different. We're not having this conversation much in society right now. Defending against fifth generational warfare explicitly requires an informed population, not just a large military.
  - me_me_me 6y ago
    > an informed population At what stage did we ever had that? I doubt any country could claim their population is informed. So I wouldn't use that as a requirement as its unattainable.
    - throwaway53453 6y ago
      If it's unattainable then the country with the strongest propaganda (like China) will come out on top.

cbozeman 6y ago

Once again, blame can be heaped upon the goddamned Boomers. Their incessant desire to keep running shit, to constantly keep their standard of living not only the same, but *increasing* during their old age - has been the catalyst for this problem. The offshoring to China of manufacturing and electronics assembly has given China an enormous economic advantage. At least the "Greatest Generation" had the good grace to retire and die instead of trying to suck everything dry like some kind of economic vampire. And just like vampires of lore, the Boomers destroy everything with which they come into contact. 500 years from now, historians are going to marvel at this generation that crippled multiple generations after it due their avarice and entitlement.

Judgmentality 6y ago
> Once again, blame can be heaped upon the goddamned Boomers. As someone who actually believes there is a lot of merit to this stance, you do almost nothing to persuade anyone of its truth. You're making a bold claim with very little evidence. I don't know how much boomers are to blame for certain problems today, but I don't believe it's all of them like your comment implies. I genuinely would enjoy hearing more evidence to support your claim if you have any to share. So far you've only used deductive reasoning based on principles, which is essentially worthless when talking about something as complicated as the world economy and military might over a timespan of decades.
- lapaz17 6y ago
  You think thar offshoring is done by millenials?
xiphias2 6y ago
I have seen young people from US in my travels who were just as entitled as the old people from there. At the same time US is still a great place, people just have to accept that life is not as easy as they thought there.

AnimalMuppet 6y ago

You seem to be saying that we don't know it's happening. And yet that you do. That combination seems improbable.

throwaway53453 6y ago
Being aware that it's happening as an enthusiast and being aware as an Average Joe are very different. We're not having this conversation much in society right now. Defending against fifth generational warfare explicitly requires an informed population, not just a large military.
- me_me_me 6y ago
  > an informed population At what stage did we ever had that? I doubt any country could claim their population is informed. So I wouldn't use that as a requirement as its unattainable.
  - throwaway53453 6y ago
    If it's unattainable then the country with the strongest propaganda (like China) will come out on top.