[dr_lew]

In practice however, the answer is no, for four reasons.

First, because the United States of America is too big to fail. Second because the United States of America is too big to fail. Third because this is obvious, and fourth, what I just said.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

That just may be, but China has four or five times America’s population.

We need to start taking China seriously.

It is a massive, and increasingly strong communist powerhouse.

Bring back American factories.

[matt1234]

because the United States of America is too big to fail.

I'm sure the Romans felt the same way c. 200 AD.