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I'm not sure what's so LOL worthy about this. Germany does seem to be in decline and China does seem to be a house-of-cards in many aspects.
by BitwiseFool 5y ago
I'm not sure what's so LOL worthy about this. Germany does seem to be in decline and China does seem to be a house-of-cards in many aspects.
- pphysch 5y ago"seem" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. That statement from Zeihan is absolutely hilarious to anyone with a passing knowledge of 21st century history and ongoing trends...
- BitwiseFool 5y agoSeem can be a weasel word, I'll definitely grant you that. My receptiveness to the idea that China is on shaky ground comes from what I was reading about Evergrande coupled with how analysts are reporting that their official numbers are heavily manipulated. I don't think the PRC will collapse into some successor state, but it would probably end up in a Great Depression and lose a large amount of power and influence. Temporarily at least.
- throwaway_4ever 5y agoGerman GDP is outpacing the French. One of Germany’s premier global industries is autos and they are successfully transitioning to EV’s. France is in no way overtaking.