How China blew up its own future

[VCheng]

US demographic is time bomb for implosion, its cracks have already shown

Please show the data upon which you base these statements, thanks.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

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To a degree, Putin isn't wrong.

 

[lightning f57]

$34+ trillion national debt takes a severe hit.

US government debt will likely hit $40trn by end of year. It's looking more and more unsustainable and not payable.

 

[VCheng]

To a degree, Putin isn't wrong.

Horse buggy and whip makers and steam locomotive engineers are not around anymore, are they? Advances in technology, no matter how revolutionary, merely change the nature of jobs.

 

[Yellow is Okay]

East and Southeast Asians are some of the most xenophobic people in the world. Good luck trying to convince them that immigration is the answer. If Japan is any indication, it's going to be rough.

Southeast Asia is extremely diverse in culture, religion, and ethnicity. To be blunt, much of the region is literally third world, with the exception of Singapore which has a culture that is distinctly different from the rest.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Horse buggy and whip makers and steam locomotive engineers are not around anymore, are they? Advances in technology, no matter how revolutionary, merely change the nature of jobs.

Basically the point I'm making.

Which then begs the question of "where does that leave humanity?"

 

[VCheng]

Basically the point I'm making.

Yes, considering the others here, it bears repeating. The changes in demographics are very predictable. The potential of AI, despite all the recent hype, remains to be seen. Long term planning cannot be based only upon such hopes that changes that are known to be coming can somehow be managed, like the famous ostrich strategy in cartoons.