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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @02:31AM (#21200630)
> If China is 15-20 years behind currently, I doubt they will ever be at parity.

Yes, no lesson from world history is more obvious and robust than "once in the lead, always in the lead".

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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by rubber_duck on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:26AM (#21200890)
Like all the historic civilizations that peaked and fell apart ?
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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by kenny_r on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:29AM (#21200905)
The comment you replied to was sarcastic.
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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by rubber_duck on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:38AM (#21200943)
I thought it might be since it's so obvious but discussing a similar topic with coworkers a few days back had a similar situation where someone just frames the argument in a time window that explains their narrative - I wouldn't be surprised if someone argued this because of the US economic dominance post WW2
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Re:U.S. widens trade blacklist to include some of China’s to... by baq on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @03:29AM (#21200904)
my reading of the OP is that was exactly the point
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