How China blew up its own future

[LX1111]

Yes, but the point here is that USA demographic trends are far better than any of its competitors, especially China. Those are very clear, and unavoidable, given the population pyramids and their predictable evolution over the next several decades as the population ages.

The population problem is undoubtedly a harsh challenge that China has to face.
But that doesn't mean Americans don't have the challenges they have to face
In the past 20 years, all of America's economic development has only benefited Wall Street's financial capitalists and Silicon Valley's AI and Internet elites..
What about the rest of the Americans?The education problem of teenagers.The problem of drug abuse.More and more homeless people.There is also the most important disintegration of traditional values and the disintegration of traditional families.
Don't forget that when the United States rose, the United States was a Puritan country.

 

[VCheng]

The population problem is undoubtedly a harsh challenge that China has to face.

Agreed. And that is going to be harsh indeed. What we have these days is probably China's peak.

But that doesn't mean Americans don't have the challenges they have to face

Agreed. Of course USA has its own challenges, but its peak is probably still in the future at some point.

Having favorable long term demographic trends makes dealing with US challenges far easier that it is for China to deal with the basic demographic decline that it is facing irreversibly.

For example, just how many unmarried men move to cities each year to find jobs now vs. 10, 20, and 30 years later? The labor market, as well as society itself, will face drastic changes.