Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China
by eunos on Sunday December 19, 2021 @01:44PM
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It's not really decline but relative decline, otherwise the rest of statements stand.
The most amusing thing is that people forgot that US threw the firebrand Taiwan independence advocate Chen-sui Bian under the bus.
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Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China
by pphysch on Sunday December 19, 2021 @02:01PM
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USA has absolutely been in economic decline since the 70s. Which was okay because USD is the global reserve currency and Washington can just print USD to buy things and offset the declines in productivity/etc.
However, once the USD loses global reserve status, USA is in extreme economic trouble. In 2021 alone, it will have over $1T trade deficit in goods.
Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China
by seoulmetro on Sunday December 19, 2021 @07:24PM
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I would hate to see what the US would be like if the US didn't get to the tech space first. It's the only pillar holding them up beyond the 20th century.
Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China
by daemoens on Sunday December 19, 2021 @05:06PM
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The US won't lose it's global reserve status because anyone that could, doesn't want to. Certainly not China especially.
Re:Lithuania evacuates its embassy in China
by pphysch on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:14PM
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Of course China doesn't want a sudden collapse of the global financial system, but China is actively dedollarizing. RCEP and Russia trade is aiming to be 0% USD and may already be there. Russia and India also just announced that their bilateral trade will be 0% USD.