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[–]BIKERBITCH 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

thats ok, buck the bull and your family will be blacklisted and you will sent to a work camp or a death camp.

in the new world, problem children will not be tolerated.

[–]magnora7[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Meh, not everyone is under china's influence. China is fragile, as ever. China's Empire shatters every 100 years, it's practically on a schedule. Seems we're about due again... CCP always overplays their hand. They've already destroyed so much of the foreign goodwill they've spent 3 decades building. Truly a shame. Maybe they can rediscover their honor if the people (like Hong Kong) demand it.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

do you think China will collapse like the USSR did? The Russian Federation still has a lot of square miles. The USA is also quite large. To be honest I am surprised such nation states last this long, I think technology helps them keep their populaces docile.

[–]VoiceOfTheMillenium 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

USA is lasting this long because it has only two bordering nations.

China is lasting this long because they have world market by the balls and are not afraid to beat any hostile element into a bloody pulp.

As for Russian Federation, it will collapse sooner or later - there is not much legacy of USSR infrastructure to parasite on and Russia are squeezed between corrupt government and no less corrupt randroids, both of which are interested only in their personal wealth at the expense of general population.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

well I mean why is it they only have two bordering nations, it started as 13 colonies, everything got slowly united over years, USA also has alaska, hawaii, and many other terrirtories and nations where we have permanent bases like germany and Japan.