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Re:How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse? by thaumasiotes on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @04:45AM (#33717093)
Are political control of all of Europe and East Asia (a term that refers to 4-5 countries...) things the US has now?

Note that Wikipedia's statistics have China comprising just over 90% of the population of East Asia. In what possible world would China not be in control?

By analogy to the Manchus, you'd need an invasion from Japan or, I guess, Korea, that was supported by the PLA.

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Re:How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse? by t-3 on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @08:58AM (#33719121)
https://ubique.americangeo.org/map-of-the-week/map-of-the-we...

Military bases and alliances aren't a perfect proxy for political influence, but they're a pretty good one.

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Re:How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse? by marmadukester39 on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @09:06AM (#33719212)
Political control of Europe is not a thing the US has now, but a friendly climate, yes. The avoidance of leadership capture by Russian assets, more importantly, which keeps the climate more friendly.
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