Some say WWIII is imminent. How likely do you think it is?

@sree251 You are thinking in far too simplistic terms.If I had to push your analogie, I would have to add that a 600lb person is bedridden and that there are five 150 pound guys, not one. The fact is the Chinese economy and industry are coordinated by government, as is the population. And when the government says jump, they do. In America, the government says jump and nothing has happened for a decade. And thats how the chinese won. Americans were busy being greedy and self absorbed..😷

@whowasthatmaskedman [quote] The fact is the Chinese economy and industry are coordinated by government, as is the population. And when the government says jump, they do. [/quote]

We Americans are fed with the belief that the Chinese population is controlled by China's government. It is our perception that they are a huge mindless chain gang. We just cannot accept that China is a well-run cohesive nation compared to the US. The Chinese people are coordinated like legs of a giant millipede. Their Covid response is an eye-opener. Entire cities of tens of millions shut down and people stayed indoors. They were supplied with food delivered to their homes for weeks and weeks. Massive rapid response emergency hospitals set up in a matter of days. We believe that the Chinese are submissive dumb people even though they perform far better in math and science at school than Americans. The fact that we don't jump when told to by the government is because we don't give a damn for our crooked politicians who are looking out for themselves. We are all greedy and self-absorbed.

America has open borders. The Chinese have been here since the gold rush in 1850. Some 5 million Chinese are spread out all over the US in Chinatowns and part of our cultural fabric. More have come to our schools and universities since 2000 and most have returned to China to modernize their power grids and infrastructures. It's a pity that we regard China as a threat instead of as a dependable supplier of manufactured products. We are constantly agitating them over Taiwan and Hong Kong while at the same time giving them grants to work on cutting edge viral research for Fauci's NIH. What's going on here? Can you tell me?

@sree251 I can tell you. But you wont like it. It contradicts the American world view. but that harks back to Trumpism 101. "When faced with complaints about your system, point to the flaws in the opposite sides.." To cut to the chase, China is simply outcompeting America on every level. Industry obviously.. Innovation and motivation they learned from the Japanese and are getting quality Management from them as well.Foreign policy, using aid to get cooperation in the UN and economic ties globally and economic dominance through trading in their own currency for what they want, while exporting to the globe..As for taiwan. Thats a toy China is playing with and cost America billions every month for no strategic advantage. They will take it back when the want to and America cant stop them. Also China are constructing Universities for local and foreign students from the region to become the local hub of learning in the sciences, training professionals to return to their own countries and become leaders of the future, As America, Britain and Australia did last century.. Its gong to be the Asian century..😷

@PleasurePunch Russia isn't. If Russia was truly looking for a fight, it would attack a NATO country. It has not. Russia has not done anything NATO or USA hasn't already done. Europe has been in hegemony with USA since 1945. Though less so now since a lot of war debts are paid off. The dollar doesn't sway Europe like it used to. Also if Europe truly thought Russia posed a threat, they'd arm against it.

@PleasurePunch Evidence of being a "lapdog" please. I'm sure you know what 'hegemony' means. Also what bias do you think I am showing? Facts aren't bias. What has Russia done, that USA or NATO has not?

@Reason10 Trump likes America to succeed through making money in international commerce and trade, not through warfighting.