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Comment by kachapopopow

4 days ago

the chinese are definitely going to pull ahead, but we're definitely not going to see US fall like that.

it's too easy to assassinate world leaders for a state sponsored government so you have to beg the question: why has nobody done it? the relative peace we have is built on top of mutual destruction and realistically US won't fall without taking most of the world with it.

the reason I believe it's easy because US SS seemingly lost their edge as there haven't been many real threats against the president to begin with. I just can't imagine that there is much any government could do against a 400-500km/h drone specialized for a 20 second mission from being to accomplish the goal, the world leader would be dead by the time anyone even registered that there is a threat.

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JCattheATM  4 days ago

> but we're definitely not going to see US fall like that.

We're already seeing that. You probably live in a coastal city, and so might be unaware of how just undeveloped so much of the country is. Look at things like literacy levels and political unrest as well.

The US is absolutely falling, it can be saved but not with the way half the country seems to vote.

  • kachapopopow  4 days ago

    wow, you're way off the mark - I am sitting in a soviet building enjoying life for less than the minimum wage at times just because I can and I am very well aware of large parts of the US since I am friends with at least one person from every state.

    but to get to the actual point: US is big, like very big and dominated by the strongest propaganda machine in the world: https://youtu.be/BY9uuxC_YAQ

    • JCattheATM  4 days ago

      I don't really understand the relevance of what you've said except that you think I'm off the mark.

      You really don't think the US has had a steep decline over the last 2 decades in quality of life for most people? I'm not talking about people with six figure tech jobs in big cities.

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dnautics  4 days ago

> the chinese are definitely going to pull ahead

Are they? Please don't forget at least 50M Chinese in abject poverty and a demographic crisis barreling towards them that is not avoidable unless they develop cloning vats that can rapidly age a clone to productive adulthood in a compressed timeframe.