Yglesias has reached the stage of acceptance

He was a shill, she wasn't real

Return from exile

The libs are back lmao

edit: ah the usual federation session/slop, we are truly back.

A million baby leftists on TikTok and we're stuck arguing with the same hundred reddit dorks

Oh did I miss it?

China's missing middle class hahahahahahahahaha

You are not going to win if your perception of your enemy is completely fictional!!

the political economy understander has logged on

We are 1/4 century in and europe is neither unified or militarized, the EU century isnt happening but that wont stop Eurolibs from coping

This is white cope

I really hope he's right

At the end, the Soviet Union had enough nukes to wipe out all mammalian life on the planet (and that's a conservative estimate). But when they finaly collapsed, there was no vindictive strike. Nobody tried to close the book on human history.

In the same position, could the United States ever do the same, when it's own end comes knocking?

What got you out of the China Bad machine, if you don't mind me asking?

All that raw sex for nothing

This presupposes that Matty has ever had a good idea and that he can tell them apart

Yes you should be. China's going to be making lunar and orbital bases and cities and having huge parties they won't invite you to unless you know the super secret handshake which you only learn after reading Das Kapital in its entirety.

I'm sorry comrade, I know this is a bitter pill to swallow 😔

be VERY afraid. under evil chinese dictatorial rule they WILL force you not to be stinky anymore

The Chinese aren't going to be the problem. It will be the American ruling class (and their supporters) that will go deeply reactionary as their global power slips into Chinese hands.

• In the near term, a lot of products will become more expensive (tariffs, manufactured overseas, etc) as waning American global hegemony no longer can use it's power to keep foreign countries exports inexpensive. Chocolate and Coffee are a preview of coming attractions.
• Longer term the US might no longer be seen as a place for International Students and workers. They might go to China instead to study and get jobs. US Citizens might choose to study/work in China too, causing a brain and talent drain from the US.
• It will be foreign policy where the "Chinese Century" will be felt most directly as they become the new global hegemon. You can already see how this works with their "Belt and Road" initiatives as they now have sizable trade partners around the globe. It also slots well with the overall Chinese strategy of building infrastructure. It also circumvents the US trade hegemony.
• The Yuan becomes a serious contender for the worldwide Reserve Currency as trade with China booms. This replaces the dominance of the Petrodollar, and is an existential threat to both US soft and hard power.
  • It cripples the US's ability to unilaterally sanction anybody out of US banking, thus becoming increasingly powerless.
  • It also makes the US's ability to constantly run deficits much harder as US bonds aren't sold.
  • Harder to raise deficits to support the US military as it takes up the most of the Federal budget.
    • Expect drastic cuts (like DOGE :melon-musk:) to make way for the military spending to...
    • ...prop up the fading global influence militarily, like invading Canada/Greenland
      
  • Of everything here this will trigger the largest and deepest period of Reaction because the consequences hit everybody, from the Military, to Politicians and their bureaucracies, Capitalists and their companies, and finally regular
    
    Americans.

The US, being the fascist empire it is, will take much of the globe down with it.

If they treat the world like the US did during its century, probably, but so far that doesn't seem to be the case. They don't have military bases spread all around the world, they haven't dropped a single bomb, they have businesses and loans they give out but they don't force you to have a certain political or economic system (unlike the West which gives their loans with requirements for austerity attached).

I think the only issue is that they seem to be over correcting and are too uninvolved with other countries. So it will probably be fine lol.

Taiping were weirdos but actually a historically progressive force, they wanted to end slavery/serfdom, and various other things.