“We’re the Sucker”
Here’s the easiest way to understand what’s happening using a poker game as a metaphor: The U.S., China and Russia are the only superpowers in the world. There are many other important powers, and I’m not suggesting that they don’t count, but only the U.S., China and Russia qualify as superpowers.
Now imagine a three-handed poker game that involves those three. There’s an old saying in poker: If you’re at the table and you don’t know who the sucker is… you’re the sucker.
https://dailyreckoning.com/were-the-sucker/
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