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Aug. 21st, 2023 03:41 pmMore Russian bullshit. The Ruble is in the toilet. They're in a demographic death spiral. And they're losing the war in Ukraine, with endemic corruption, field mutinies and rampant alcoholism gutting their once mighty army. Vlad Vexler calls the invasion a "self immolating Imperial project".
China is doing better, but not by much. Also major deflation, a crashing of exports and imports, and a massive real estate bubble that the CCP is working desperately to hold off. Plus the One Child Policy has finally come around to bite them on the ass, with an aging population that is not even close to being replaced.
All their bluster about Taiwan is just Xi trying to distract from all that. Unlike Putin, who has become a delusional fool, Xi knows full well attempting to invade Taiwan would be both a military and economic disaster for China.
The certainly serious issues the US faces pale in comparison to which these two are dealing with.
China is doing better, but not by much. Also major deflation, a crashing of exports and imports, and a massive real estate bubble that the CCP is working desperately to hold off. Plus the One Child Policy has finally come around to bite them on the ass, with an aging population that is not even close to being replaced.
All their bluster about Taiwan is just Xi trying to distract from all that. Unlike Putin, who has become a delusional fool, Xi knows full well attempting to invade Taiwan would be both a military and economic disaster for China.
The certainly serious issues the US faces pale in comparison to which these two are dealing with.