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[-] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 74 points 4 months ago

If it wasn't collapsing, it wouldn't be in the red.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 4 months ago

checkmate tankies

[-] PoY@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 4 months ago

the higher they climb the faster they fall! got'em

[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 58 points 4 months ago

Lol at the UK just making shit up.

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago

Making shit up and still getting beaten by the "lazy" French and Italians.

[-] HaSch@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 4 months ago

UK's books are in the black again because they ran out of red ink

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[-] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 45 points 4 months ago

I think when the highest quality most respected China collapse preachers say collapse, they mean entering a Japan style stagnation. I'm not sure, because that would require me to consume a lot of China collapse preacher content, but I think that's how they can justify the narrative across different levels of seriousness.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 53 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Even that narrative is fundamentally flawed because Japan's stagnation in the 80s was a direct result of US imposing Plaza Accords on Japan. There is no opportunity for US to do the same with China.

[-] dumpster_dove@hexbear.net 32 points 4 months ago

It makes more sense if you look at it as a declaration of intent

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 4 months ago
[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 40 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If China can manage to turn its industries and markets to an internal production/consumption model and reduce its reliance on being an export economy, it would be much better off even without the massive growth. Growth will have to stop at some point, and the focus will be on stability, since China hasn't made any indications it'll try to fuel growth through imperialism like western economies have. Japan style stagnation would be not so terrible if your society is socialist.

[-] Des@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago

hopefully they would ramp up the social services to at least socdem levels in that scenerio

absolutely shame the west

[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

Even with the current model of state directed capitalism, the amount of investment into social services and poverty reduction already shame the west. China isn't yet in a position to press the communism button, but once the threat of America and it's puppets decline there may well be a pivot.

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[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 32 points 4 months ago

respected China collapse preachers

I assume this is read in the same way as "feminist ISIS member".

[-] Munrock@lemmygrad.ml 40 points 4 months ago

If you hold that graph up to your ear, you can actually hear the liberals going "yes but actually..."

[-] Flamingoaks@lemmygrad.ml 38 points 4 months ago

yeah so many propagandists point to the slow down in economic growth from "socialist god" levels to "economic miracle" levels and are like china is falling apart they are due for a depression any day

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 29 points 4 months ago

Gotta have a reason to keep those Gordon Chang books on the shelf.

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago

Lmao at Germany. Imagine letting America completely demolish your economy like this and still following them around like a dog. "Um it was probably Polish revanchist terrorists or something that blew up the pipeline, definitely not the one actor in the vicinity that had the means and motive to do it."

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[-] QueerCommie@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 4 months ago

Tbf China’s economy is less decayed (there’s less surplus capital), but that’s not a point for capitalism.

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