[frogjerk]

The more they have to spend on sustaining their population, the less they’ll have to spend on making mischief in the world.

Or they will be like pre-war Germany or Japan and use war as a pre-text to "sustain" their population.

[House Atreides]

Or they will be like pre-war Germany or Japan and use war as a pre-text to “sustain” their population.
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China has, for some time, already been very much like Japan and Germany of the 1930’s in their expansionist territorial ambitions. They’re capping that off with their desire to become the worldwide hegemon. This all may not end well.

Thank God for President Trump who has his eyes wide open to the threat!