Funny thing is, the other things they cite (importing lots of resources/food), the US imports more of (or very NEARLY more of) in total dollar amount.

Food

The United States, being one of the world’s largest economies, imports a total of $133 billion USD worth of food and food products, followed by China at $105.26 billion USD, Germany at $98.90 billion USD, Japan at $68.86 billion USD

Seriously, the US imports more in total dollar amount than China, which has roughly 4 1/2 times the population (and is supposedly unable to grow anything any longer)

Water

In 2019, the top exporters of Water were France ($955M), China ($723M), Italy ($680M), Belgium ($203M), and Fiji ($168M). In 2019, the top importers of Water were United States ($701M), Hong Kong ($642M), Belgium ($261M), Germany ($238M), and Japan ($168M).

Maybe the idiot read the table wrong, I got nothing here

Energy

Bit trickier, but China does import more oil/gas than the US (but not by much). Can't find anything showing purchase power agreements or similar though

Sooo....where do I get a job where I get to be grossly incorrect and/or just make things up?

Also:

According to data from DBS Bank, it takes three times as many inputs to produce a unit of growth today as it did in the early 2000s.

If only someone had predicted the rate of profit would fall

And he has relentlessly pursued the centralization of power at the expense of economic prosperity.

I suppose that is one way to frame central planning; whatever will the poor executiverinos do if they can't run wild and free?