• Nintendude31 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I don’t think this is going to happen as quickly as some think it is. I’m more worried than looking forward to laughing confrontations between a great power and a rising power never end well. (Or at least rarely do)

    • Ryan_Holman [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Honestly, I think its more likely that China becomes the dominant power in Asia and perhaps eastern Europe (some might say they already are). Even then, I think that there would be exceptions (namely India, Japan and South Korea).

      • Nintendude31 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah I think we are actually going to move into a dual great power world, rather than one being dominant over the other. I’m still deeply deeply worried about a war between the two powers. As I said, tensions between great powers and rising great powers almost never end well.

        I’m more scared than ready to laugh at neoliberals, if I’m being frank.

        • Ryan_Holman [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Those are completely valid feelings.

          That being said, the United States gets so many products from China and China gets a lot of business from the United States. That right there makes me think this will not be the same as The Cold War.

            • Ryan_Holman [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              Another reason why I don't think that a direct military conflict between the United States and China is likely is that, realistically speaking, China does not have as strong of a military as America. This is not to mention that America's allies, overall, are much stronger than China's allies.