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Re:Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as wort... by expedition32 on Sunday November 30, 2025 @06:43AM (#46095859)
China hasn't started a war since the 1970s.
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Re:Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as wort... by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday November 30, 2025 @01:11PM (#46098955)
They're doing a good job as belligerents against the Philippines.
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Re:Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as wort... by roenxi on Saturday December 06, 2025 @05:30PM (#46177169)
Literally yes, because they haven't started an actual war. If the US manages the same in Venezuela then they'll be doing a good job there too.

The difference between China and the US is China (humorously, probably because of US pressure) keeps re-investing their economic surplus and the US keeps blowing big chunks of it on meaningless wars. That seems to be the big factor of why China had this huge industrial economy appear out of nowhere and the US has been sort of lurching along for the last 20 years.

Hard to believe it, but trillions in investment is better for people's wallets than trillion dollars in making life horrible for goat herders in the middle east.

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