Food for thought: "Harmony and the dream"

UnderseaLcpl · 08-13-08, 06:53 PM

USA isn't a -5. It's more like a -1 or a zero at this point. Politically I am a -5. Personally I am a +2.

As far as China goes, just wait and see. Either they will continue to embrace communism and suffer an economic collapse similar to that of the Soviet Union, or they will lean even more heavily on the Special Economic Zones and become more like Europe.
The rise of China IS purely an economic event. It is that and that only. Remember China before the SEZs? Poverty-stricken and worthless. After the SEZs? Major national powerhouse. And that's with a fraction of their country devoted to capitalism.
Luckily for the U.S., communism maintains a hold on them and keeps them from usurping us as the pre-eminent world power, for the time being.

08-13-08, 06:53 PM	#5
UnderseaLcpl Silent Hunter Join Date: May 2008 Location: Storming the beaches! Posts: 4,254 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	USA isn't a -5. It's more like a -1 or a zero at this point. Politically I am a -5. Personally I am a +2. As far as China goes, just wait and see. Either they will continue to embrace communism and suffer an economic collapse similar to that of the Soviet Union, or they will lean even more heavily on the Special Economic Zones and become more like Europe. The rise of China IS purely an economic event. It is that and that only. Remember China before the SEZs? Poverty-stricken and worthless. After the SEZs? Major national powerhouse. And that's with a fraction of their country devoted to capitalism. Luckily for the U.S., communism maintains a hold on them and keeps them from usurping us as the pre-eminent world power, for the time being. __________________ I stole this sig from Task Force