China’s real power comes from economics rather than military might. So long as the US keeps burning itself out fighting conflicts all over the world while China builds up peacefully, China will continue to grow in power and influence. They have no reason to force a conflict when they can simply win without fighting.
Imo the danger is entirely on the US side. At a certain point, we need to come to terms with our declining status and to try to make the best of it. Reduce our commitments, stop throwing our weight around, fix our domestic problems, and learn to compromise. We need to understand why China’s approach has been working and learn from it.
But that completely goes against how Americans think and act, and if we can’t do that, then there’s really one other alternative. It will become clear that the only arena where we can compete with China is militarily. There’s a significant possibility therefore that the US will start WWIII simply because of being too egotistical to accept second place.
The ruling class is (hopefully) sane and secure enough to not actually want to trigger nuclear armegeddon, but they are happy to play with fire. Fear-mongering and saber-rattling with China helps them justify funnelling money to the military-industrial complex which is profitable to them (and if it triggers a wave of anti-Asian hate crimes, they don’t care). But this carries the risk that an actual “true believer” is going to end up getting into a position of power and do the unthinkable. As long as the status quo continues and the fire keeps getting stoked, this becomes increasingly inevitable.
That is true, china is literally taking over the world peacefully and everyone is looking to the u.s.a having temper tantrums. I shared this before, the trilions of state money china is investing is some parts of the word is insane. They are not going to alow this to go to waste…and that’s my fear
China’s real power comes from economics rather than military might. So long as the US keeps burning itself out fighting conflicts all over the world while China builds up peacefully, China will continue to grow in power and influence. They have no reason to force a conflict when they can simply win without fighting.
Imo the danger is entirely on the US side. At a certain point, we need to come to terms with our declining status and to try to make the best of it. Reduce our commitments, stop throwing our weight around, fix our domestic problems, and learn to compromise. We need to understand why China’s approach has been working and learn from it.
But that completely goes against how Americans think and act, and if we can’t do that, then there’s really one other alternative. It will become clear that the only arena where we can compete with China is militarily. There’s a significant possibility therefore that the US will start WWIII simply because of being too egotistical to accept second place.
The ruling class is (hopefully) sane and secure enough to not actually want to trigger nuclear armegeddon, but they are happy to play with fire. Fear-mongering and saber-rattling with China helps them justify funnelling money to the military-industrial complex which is profitable to them (and if it triggers a wave of anti-Asian hate crimes, they don’t care). But this carries the risk that an actual “true believer” is going to end up getting into a position of power and do the unthinkable. As long as the status quo continues and the fire keeps getting stoked, this becomes increasingly inevitable.
That is true, china is literally taking over the world peacefully and everyone is looking to the u.s.a having temper tantrums. I shared this before, the trilions of state money china is investing is some parts of the word is insane. They are not going to alow this to go to waste…and that’s my fear