If Trump folds, this will confirm, beyond all the propaganda, a fundamental rebalancing of power between China and the US, and an end to the era of US economic dominance
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I love how the grand statement is made, but the conclusion was already true. In reality the Chinese government was ready for the tariffs, and they didn't panic, and that's true for most countries around the world.
Why didn't they panic? Because the US era of global economic dominance has ended. Other countries working together are more than capable of sustaining a stable global economy. They all know it. Everyone knows it except for some small percent of the American public who wants to hold on to American exceptionalism as long as possible.
And this is a good thing. It should not be the case for the globe that the US controls everything. It's just a bad idea in general, and it's certainly a bad idea under Trump.
I unironically believe a large majority of the US population is still high on American Exceptionalism.
Yeah, IMO most otherwise-intelligent anti-Trump Americans still don't believe China can eclipse the US.
USians had a choice for a managed decline back in 2016, but elected the way of pain. Real Century of Humiliation hours.
I gave you the choice of declining willingly Jack
But you have elected the way of PAIN!
USians
Uh, it's USAholes
We're entering the century of find out
Born too late to fuck around Born just in time to find out
lmao at this reply
He didn’t say he will fold. And he won’t.
However if no negotiation happens, the US will unilaterally take a decision based on their self-interest.
"Trump won't fold, he'll just describes folding."
It's the
"I'm not owned" memeIf I was China I would push hard. Like say you'll only resume rare earth exports if the US lifts semiconductor and litography embargos
from am prospect today:
"Trump chickened out" was the top trending topic on China’s Weibo social media website on Wednesday, with more than 150 million views.
and he chickened out FAST, too.
Except now he's unchickening out, probably after seeing the news that people think he chickened out. Infinite free energy will come to America the minute someone hooks up a dynamo to his oscillating positions.
The potential greatest fumble of human history. You thought it would be Sleepy Joe holding the bag but it’s ol’ Donny Deals bringing about end of America Dominance
You can really see why the dems were so determined to lose the last election, like, even moreso than usual.
a dynamic duo tearing down the dread empire
“Dread Empire” sounds cool and reminds us yes America bad. I dig it.
on the phone with his accountant
"what do you mean there's no box on the bankruptcy form for 'country'?"
Most of us on hexbear could manage the empire much more effectively than Trump and co.
But China didn't get intimidated and responded in kind, and 21 days after not a single country - not one - made a "deal" with the US against China, or even signaled their intention to do so.
Besides the U.S. economy not being as hegemonic as burgerites imagine it to be, it makes sense that countries would side with the country that’s consistently built mutual growth across the globe rather than the unstable bully. The latter is much more likely to turn on you.
I'm surprised that the EU and places like Canada and Australia didn't "take the deal" here. I'm very surprised to see our ruling class here actually put our country ahead of America for a change. Alas we have an election in a month so if the libs get in they'll just do whatever America asks.
Indeed, the unhinged policy that US pursues makes it pretty clear whom to side with here. Even if countries have differences with China, they can rely on China to act in a rational way which makes the relationship predictable. Meanwhile, the US often runs policy that's counter to its own interests.
I'm out of touch with hexbearian stickers
Is paper tiger a reference to Trump or the US? I may not understand this haha
I think we will soon see the largest sign of the shift take place as America becomes more anti immigrant and China opens up to it, and the brain drain shifts. Worldwide the best and brightest will all want to go to China and nobody will want to go to America. We are already seeing Chinese professionals fleeing America back to China. America relies heavily on imported skilled workers and without them its technology development will stagnate even more than it already has.
Would China really open up to more immigration? I was looking it up and for my job field they def don't need my type.
I feel that immigration in the west is only permitted as much as it is because of how it serves capitalism - having an underclass of workers without the same rights as citizens so they can be exploited.
None of the socialist state ever had mass migration style politics like the west does. China doesnt want it nor does a socialist economy require it.
For highly skilled workers they need yeah. I wasn't talking about letting just anyone in. But they have been expanding their opening up in various areas. Recently they made part of shanghai visa free entry for anyone invited by a local business for example.
Exactly, the gap will only widen from here on out.
Why can that be??
As a Canadian, please put us under China!
That's a 2020's map, maybe is already red
China was just gifted a giant opportunity to to speed up the collapse of dollar hegemony.
And because Trump caused it by being an unlikable belligerent oaf nobody will blame them for pursuing it.
Amusingly, China is now concerned that the US is collapsing faster than they anticipated, and China will have to ramp up capacity to fill in the gap in global markets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzbadVk6M9M
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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