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I can see the fall of China happening in the next 5 - 10 years. Plunging the world into a global recession. With this + the US trade war, why on earth would a
by botwriter 7y ago
I can see the fall of China happening in the next 5 - 10 years.
Plunging the world into a global recession.
With this + the US trade war, why on earth would a multinational still invest in China.
- Simon_says 7y agoThat’s certainly optimistic. I can see a boot stomping on a human face forever.
- pubby 7y agoWhat will be the cause?
- Quarrelsome 7y ago> in the next 5 - 10 years. this estimate is far too short even assuming a sequence of unprecedented negative events. A more tangible catalyst would be a power vacuum after the current leader dies filled by a very poor candidate. Even then it took lousy Roman Emperors hundreds of years to squander the legacy of Rome.
- SteveNuts 7y agoAncient Romans didn't have instantaneous access to information and global markets. The whole world economy could collapse basically overnight in the modern era.
- Quarrelsome 7y agobarbarians are at the gates.
- Ill_ban_myself 7y agoI hope you speak barbar
- SubiculumCode 7y agoor nukes, which can end empires and the world order quicker than ever.
- SN76477 7y agoI imagine immense social pressure being disastrous for citizens mental health.
- imglorp 7y agoYes, and it's calculated to do that. Look at North Korea, literally torturing their people. Families and neighbors must turn each other in for infractions. They murder three generations of a family if someone dissents or escapes. The people are literally eating dirt. It's well established that surveillance alters people's behavior. Their will is so broken and opportunities so few, they will not revolt. The oppressed didn't revolt under Mao, why should they revolt now?