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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by nebula8804 on Friday March 14, 2025 @11:27PM (#43369735)

What do you think of a worldwide collapse?

The lazy argument is that China will take over everything, that they think in 100 year increments. However they have terrible demographics, have serious risks like food security, and have mucked up their economy through their real estate collapse.

We all know of the US's issues and there is no other country that is really challenging these two....so how about everyone fails and we are all poor and destitute together?

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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by amrocha on Saturday March 15, 2025 @04:38AM (#43371017)

China had no intention to take over anywhere. They’re happy where they are.

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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by blackeyeblitzar on Saturday March 15, 2025 @12:02PM (#43373354)

No intention to take over? So they’ll walk away from Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, and Taiwan?

Also, leading countries in Asia and Africa into debt traps and dependence on them through the BRI is not very different from taking over.

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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by amrocha on Sunday March 16, 2025 @01:40AM (#43377118)

HK and Xinjiang are already part of china. Tibet and Taiwan have historical ties. China has no expansionist ambitions, they just want what they perceive as theirs.

And like, idk if you know this, but the world bank and the IMF are the ones offering the predatory loans. Countries choose to work with China instead exactly because the terms of their loans are better than the western alternatives.

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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by hollerith on Sunday March 16, 2025 @01:42AM (#43377130)

>China has no expansionist ambitions

According to Rudyard Lynch, China has invaded Vietnam 27 times.

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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by amrocha on Sunday March 16, 2025 @01:52AM (#43377156)

According to me they haven’t. I can make a youtube channel too if that adds to my credibility.

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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by nebula8804 on Sunday March 16, 2025 @09:55AM (#43379117)

When I meant take over everything: I meant industries like cars, solar panels, chips, software etc.

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Re:It doesn't cost much to improve someone's life, and we ca... by paulcole on Saturday March 15, 2025 @10:07AM (#43372619)

I think it’s in the 0-2% over the next 100 years range. I think there are situations where the US collapses but the world doesn’t so that’s why it’s lower.

If the world collapse happens, it’ll be a result of pandemic, meteor, solar storm, nuclear war, or something like that and not some country “taking over everything.”

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