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Silent3

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32. I am a bit worried about the rise of Chinese power if the US collapses...

Mon Nov 1, 2021, 08:07 PM

Nov 2021

...but if that does become a problem, I don't think geographic distance will make that big a difference. The reach that economic and technological power will give China would likely make such considerations relatively unimportant.

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It's not a material wealth decline I'm concerned about, it's an intellectual and social decline Silent3 Nov 2021 #30

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