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I don't know Golden Rod. That doesn't look like a truckers wife to me. LOL
Taiwan .
Hahahaha!
That's gold, Jerry!
As much as Americas manufacturing is dependent on China…it really just means that China is dependent on America. If American companies stopped doing business with China, China is toast.
American companies could transition to manufacturing in other countries…and go on. But China couldn’t survive without America. China needs America way more than America needs China.
In a lot of ways China sold out to America, while America is exploiting China for the cheap labor.
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I was just kidding about Canada..
Yes that is one angle….. bigger picture is just what everyone is starting to see. Workers who no longer are manufacturing or working in assembly plants. All of that money goes poof…. On top of the money the worker would spend locally. Now…. Sucking on the government nipple. China is holding out through this bad storm. China has repeatedly gone to smaller countries and bought land and tries to develop housing. This has failed because they are doing this in smaller countries which is compounding the market failure. If you look at the China economy they are at a 30% ytd loss. They aren’t allowing short sellers, sellers in general, or any exit of positions because they are literally teetering due to the economic decisions of expansion in smaller countries. Once they pass this storm though… China will be in every country heavily
Upper Midwest people all joke in good nature about Canada. Like the wild fires for 7 months that ruined everyone’s summer. We can borrow ya a few fire trks if you need to. Or it’s time to attack Canada & teach them how to speak Texan- Spanish. Haha . Quebec & Ontario was equal territory as Ny. Or Maine. B4 America became a country. My great grandma is Naitive American from Ny. Quebec area . She hooked up with some wild bro land scout, fur trading, trapper multi purpose guy.
Nice Beaver !
Taiwan is a good answer !
The ultimate land grab
" Check... check mate " !
Zeihan basically claims China has been irreversibly fucked for about a decade and there's no going back for them.
there is 0% chance that any State will secede. There is no single state, or even group of states, that has an economy that would support seceding, and not having their own military would be a bit of a hindrance.
Xi is keeping the Chinese economy running with an iron fist.
Their real estate is in a bigger mess than our was back in 2007-2009 and it is going to get a lot worse.
They are facing the same problem as a lot of countries like us and Japan. An aging population that is expensive to carry with a declining or stagnant workforce.
China's might be even worse because of their one child policy and a young generation that wants options other than menial production work.
Eventually there will be a revolt, and it will make tianamen square look like a picnic.
I agree, its a matter of can they get out "alive" or do they burden the people even further to bail themselves out? If they survive the economic pitfalls, they have strategically placed themselves everywhere with many allies. While the Americans view it as cashing in and making a great payday, China is planning to dethrone the US of A
I recognize what they WANT to do...but the problem is their form of government...their population will only take so much oppression before they revolt (so far they have been able to improve the quality of life among the Chinese people-easy to do when it was among the poorest nation not long ago...but they can't do it forever without putting a heavy burden on their population). They've got an old population, a declining population, they are in a world of hurt economically at the moment...the odds are not in their favor of doing what they want to do, and if it looks like those odds start improving, here's to hoping who ever is in charge at the white house recognizes it and has a plan to stop it (it's clear that Biden has not intention of doing anything to slow them down when they are perhaps at their weakest...so hopefully the next guy will).
Exactly. There are fringe groups who make a lot of noise and the corporate media run with it and make it a 'thing' when it isn't.
Ask a blue-hair in favor of secession if they are willing to give up their Social Security, because that's a Federal program that they will no longer be eligible for, and watch them change their minds in a split second.
Your political hatred is blinding you to the truth.
Western companies, not just American companies, have moved manufacturing to China, to take advantage of lower manufacturing costs, enabling them to lower prices and increase profits. Western consumers have willingly brought these products at cheaper prices. This is how capitalism works, companies chase profits, consumers chase lower prices.
You are now unhappy with the result, and are looking to blame somebody, so you latch on to targets your echo chamber has targeted.
Check the label, have you ever brought anything made in China? If you have, you are the cause of your own unhappiness.
The answers being posted are directly related to where people get their news and it appears more than a few still listen to main stream news and believe they are receiving objectively truthful information. I don't want to start a debate or argument but the good ol USA government and its unelected appointees make us a Nation that is no longer a nation to be trusted
A few have said Canada. I would say they have a better than 50% of being correct
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Ozy I have no idea what's going in in Canada.. What's going in in Canada ? Besides every Tom , Dick and Harry around the world heading there as a refuge....
Those were very interesting, thank you for posting. Very much worth watching.
Who said I was unhappy? I'm sitting by a pool in Indonesia, eating banana filled crapes, watermelon juice, fried rice and eggs. I just picked some rambutan from a tree 10 foot away from me. I'm going deep sea fishing in the Indian Ocean in about an hour. I'm traveling to a different city in the morning to have Chinese New Year dinner with family. I have a special red Batik shirt just for the occasion.
Political bias? Was you looking into a mirror when you typed all that? I don't know why you can't comprehend that we are talking about 2 different things but you keep pushing on about consumer spending. Does your mind not let you process something further? You start labeling and projecting unhappiness?
You should get out of your bubble. Maybe travel a little yourself and see what really goes on in the world. Maybe then you'd have a better grasp of my comment. Or you can let XI tell them to tell you what to think.
the first part of your post eerily reminds me of a former litigious, late member here who hung out with wrestlers, went on bike rides, banged hot chick's, and sold real estate.
Don’t forget the tanning booth …gotta make a stop there …
So you hate capitalism!
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