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China will hand America its ass either way - in the next decade or two. A large, highly-skilled population with strong national unity is going to be an unstoppa
by tmule 5y ago
China will hand America its ass either way - in the next decade or two. A large, highly-skilled population with strong national unity is going to be an unstoppable international force. America is more fractured than ever, and more incompetent than ever (the soaring college graduation rates notwithstanding).
It’s just that Americans are slow to adjust to a rapidly changing reality.
Also, let’s not pretend that America does not indulge in pretty unethical behaviors - I have no fondness for Russia, but think America is intrusive, unethical, and untrustworthy as a national.
- pertymcpert 5y agoI actually think that we're nearing peak China. They have a demographic time bomb getting ready to kill GDP growth in the next 2 decades. Coupled with increasing cost of living, inequality and falling social mobility, China will have a similar problem to the west sooner than you think.
- FooBarWidget 5y agoChina has falling social mobility?
- tmule 5y agoIt may. It’ll settle at an equilibrium that pushes it far ahead of the US, though.
- emptysongglass 5y agoI certainly hope not. A global Order built on top of an authoritarian superpower will mean other nations of the world taking governance cues to restrict free speech, further Balkanizing of a largely open internet, and historical revisionism to erase atrocities. That's not a future I want to live in.