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Great rant thanks for posting. Let me provide some counter points to consider. China is going to experience a population implosion in a few decades as they ar

Great rant thanks for posting. Let me provide some counter points to consider. China is going to experience a population implosion in a few decades as they are not at replacement rate and cannot make up the numbers like the US does via immigration(for now at least). Here is China's population pyramid [1]:https://www.populationpyramid.net/china/2021/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/china/2021/ Compared to the US: [2]: https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2019/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2... As you can see the ages between 0-30 there is a large enough decrease. The US is not perfect as we have been starting to decline but we are nowhere near China. >In fact, a good starting point would be to fire almost everyone in government and bring in new blood with a new mandate. Were you following the Bernie campaign? In addition to running for president in 2016 he inspired the creation of several organizations to help do just that. Our Revolution, Justice Democrats, and Brand New Congress. These groups were the drive behind electing people like the Squad. Their focus is on electing politicians that don't take any corporate money. Now 5 years after 2016, I can clearly say that the efforts have been borderline impossible to achieve. Politicians like AOC are the exception and not the rule and electing people like her were borderline impossible. I watched as they threw everything at her and she only won because her opponent had not taken her seriously enough at the beginning. There is a whole movie on this topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCSo2hZRcXk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCSo2hZRcXk I saw with my own eyes in 2018/2019 how difficult it is to remove existing elected representatives when we tried. They have the whole party fight tooth and nail against any newcomers and they will spend every last penny that they have to defeat you. You are also up against the media machine that will help bury you if you get close to winning. Combine that with a significant chunk of the population that has just given up and won't vote at all and you have our current situation. I don't know where the US will end up but my hope is that the coming population implosion in China will give the US a fighting chance long term even if the journey will be utterly painful because of our current short-sightedness.

robomartin 5y ago
> Were you following the Bernie campaign? Sorry, I can only put it this way: Bernie is a moron. So are AOC and everyone pushing socialist utopia. Letting these people have control would be a disaster. Having lived the real-life reality these people are pushing I can tell you Americans who support this have no clue what they are standing behind. I have lots of friends who have lived in and experienced these realities at various levels and in different countries. Do you know why they are in the US? Because they wanted to get as far away from that crap as possible. They cannot believe American academics and politicians have actually convinced people that these are good ideas. Not one --not a single person-- who actually lived it would say this is good for the US or, in general, humanity. Some of the things he says sound great. Of course. Who doesn't want free everything for everyone? And yet, once you implement such things, it ends-up being a massive train wreck.
- nebula8804 5y ago
  >Sorry, I can only put it this way: Bernie is a moron. So are AOC and everyone pushing socialist utopia. Letting these people have control would be a disaster. I think you need some perspective on the reality of the situation. These few politicians are they only ones who are not taking donations from the corporate donors that are propagating the mess the US is in right now. In particular, AOC wrote the green new deal which if you look at it is exactly what you have been ranting about in your earlier comments. It calls for world war levels of investment into manufacturing to reorient the economy to actually be competitive with China. Right now we sell apps, services and marketing fluff. Whatever little hard core manufacturing that is left is being continually eroded by China's gains and we are just letting it sink. The GND is a golden opportunity to turn the ship around before its too late. Thats exactly what you are complaining that we don't do. Bernie also leans in this direction. His primary goals include empowering workers by decoupling healthcare from employment which would serve to embolden people to take more risks and start new businesses. Don't you realize that the current healthcare system serves to limit innovation? When healthcare is a ball and chain tied to your ankles, the only people that are taking risks are single people with a safety net to fall back on Ie. The current crop of techbros. And at the end of the day who does it benefit? The bloated middleman of insurance companies that collect these premiums and dole out as little healthcare as they can get away with. Combine that with making serious reforms to curb all this corruption is the only shot we have against China. Your response shows that you are part of the same collective that is sinking the country because you succumbed to the right wing/centrist talking points instead of actually looking into the bills.

robomartin 5y ago

> Were you following the Bernie campaign? Sorry, I can only put it this way: Bernie is a moron. So are AOC and everyone pushing socialist utopia. Letting these people have control would be a disaster. Having lived the real-life reality these people are pushing I can tell you Americans who support this have no clue what they are standing behind. I have lots of friends who have lived in and experienced these realities at various levels and in different countries. Do you know why they are in the US? Because they wanted to get as far away from that crap as possible. They cannot believe American academics and politicians have actually convinced people that these are good ideas. Not one --not a single person-- who actually lived it would say this is good for the US or, in general, humanity. Some of the things he says sound great. Of course. Who doesn't want free everything for everyone? And yet, once you implement such things, it ends-up being a massive train wreck.

nebula8804 5y ago
>Sorry, I can only put it this way: Bernie is a moron. So are AOC and everyone pushing socialist utopia. Letting these people have control would be a disaster. I think you need some perspective on the reality of the situation. These few politicians are they only ones who are not taking donations from the corporate donors that are propagating the mess the US is in right now. In particular, AOC wrote the green new deal which if you look at it is exactly what you have been ranting about in your earlier comments. It calls for world war levels of investment into manufacturing to reorient the economy to actually be competitive with China. Right now we sell apps, services and marketing fluff. Whatever little hard core manufacturing that is left is being continually eroded by China's gains and we are just letting it sink. The GND is a golden opportunity to turn the ship around before its too late. Thats exactly what you are complaining that we don't do. Bernie also leans in this direction. His primary goals include empowering workers by decoupling healthcare from employment which would serve to embolden people to take more risks and start new businesses. Don't you realize that the current healthcare system serves to limit innovation? When healthcare is a ball and chain tied to your ankles, the only people that are taking risks are single people with a safety net to fall back on Ie. The current crop of techbros. And at the end of the day who does it benefit? The bloated middleman of insurance companies that collect these premiums and dole out as little healthcare as they can get away with. Combine that with making serious reforms to curb all this corruption is the only shot we have against China. Your response shows that you are part of the same collective that is sinking the country because you succumbed to the right wing/centrist talking points instead of actually looking into the bills.