Does this mean that China has already won the economic war?

 

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— Velina Tchakarova (@vtchakarova) November 8, 2022

What you see is a crumbling empire.

Its apparent to me that we wasted our luxury years following the fall of the Soviet Union and are now faced with an early 1900's view of the planet.

Multipolar.

Shifting alliances.

Nationalism.

National interest based foreign relations.

The stage could have been set (looking in hindsight) of the US establishing a "world order" (so hate that word...but we had a chance to ESTABLISH it!) but that chance has been missed.

Greed.

A liberal view of the world (meaning people seeing what they wanted instead of how it is).

Corporations run amock.

Our only saving grace is the military and the power of that institution to kill people, destroy infrastructure and keep challengers at bay.

But without economic strength is that good enough?

It also brings up something else.  Is Taiwan worth the fight? Should we accept its demise to build up for a fight on our timetable instead of Chinas?  Is it possible to avoid the fight yet maintain strength?  We have lived with two superpowers and before that multiple powers.  Is co-existence possible or is the fight inevitable?

If we determine that a fight is inevitable then we need to ramp up hard NOW!  We also need to start prepping the American people for the sacrifice that they will need to make AND they need to work on the propaganda to justify to our citizens why we are once again risking the lives of our servicemen for the benefit of others.