Posted on 10/14/2021 7:41:26 PM PDT by george76
Dollar Store?
EVERY SINGLE STORE IN AMERICA.
Everywhere. Walmart. Every auto parts store. Every tool store. Every store.
EVERYTHING is made in China.
“Is China Falling?’’
I hope so.
No . The USSA is .
I had a conversation the other day with someone who told me seriously that we should just 'print more money'. I explained why that wasn't a good idea, and how it would devalue our currency and the value of people's savings. This was a consequence they hadn't thought about.
Our government gets away with a lot of what it does because of the lack of economic literacy of the public.
Author provides thin gruel for his thesis.
China has multiple problems at the same time:
Lack of foreign investment into China
Collapse of Evergrande could just be the first of many, shaking confidence
Lack of electricity - blackouts for months, coal shortages and manufacturing at a standstill due to no electricity
Supply Chain collapse - chip shortage is hitting everyone, including Chinese companies
Lack of containers - Containers are sitting on boats and not returning to China with raw materials so they can be filled and sent back around the world. Exports are dead
A military that is growing restless and itching for a fight over Taiwan. A Taiwan takeover would hit the global economy massively
Increasing oil/gas prices impacting everyone
A US economy that is shaking, not growing.
A US leadership that is directionless and incompetent
The world is on the brink of a collapse like we have not seen since the Great Depression.
Not surprising, he’s been predicting the fall of the ayatollahs for years.
...dictator Xi seems to be saying that he doesn’t want a society that is individualistic, but rather a mass of citizens who see their role as supporting and following the state.
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Swap out ‘Biden’ for ‘Xi’ and the sentence still holds true.
Is Evergrande the pebble rolling down a mountain that triggers the landslide.
Everything; Sailor??
1.4 billion desperate humans? Well, you get the picture.
When totalitarian governments run out of stuff, they take it from someone else.
few hard months?
Have you ever worked in manufacturing.
First you have to find the equipment or have it made. That is a few years.
then you have to put it together and train operators, fixers, and pull together a supply chain for raw products. two to five years.
then you have to find places to sell what you make.
The elite gave this all away
A desperate human is a dangerous animal.
1.4 billion desperate humans? Well, you get the picture.
When totalitarian governments run out of stuff, they take it from someone else.
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odd that so many people don’t see this.
I figure nuclear attack in the middle of winter to do the most damage to the population.
Ma has since been a low-profile actor
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‘Seen’ only through third party reports. No images, no recorded public appearances
Vindman is a Lt. Col. The military rot goes way below general officers.
China has a limited window of opportunity while the weak Biden administration and military are running the show.
There's no way of knowing what they might do, but whatever is coming will come soon.
As an aside, Russia seems to know this and is taking advantage accordingly.
A cornered bear is the most dangerous kind of bear, whether panda, grizzly, or other sort.
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