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Economically, one problem with authoritarian regimes is that underlings always tell their bosses just what the bosses want to hear, true or not.
In the case of Chinese economics, there are solid reasons for believing underlings have exaggerated their annual growth numbers, year after year, to the point where today, China's real economy is only 40% of what's claimed.

You are going to need to join your pal Zelensky on the comedy stage after the Russians kick him out of power.
Chuckle.
In reality, going by PPP, the Chinese economy has already overtaken the US economy.
The Dollar Chinese GDP overtaking the US economy will come soon enough.
Talking about fake economic figures...um..did you even pay any attention to the fake state population figures and the fake Congressional district figures given out by Dementia Joe after he seized power?
And where were you when Obama was deliberately handing out fake economic figures when he was in power?

SmokingJoe: "You are going to need to join your pal Zelensky on the comedy stage after the Russians kick him out of power.
Chuckle."

Obviously, you read different news reports than I do.
The ones I see say Ukrainians are putting up a heroic fight against brutal but poorly trained & motivated Russian conscripts, who often surrender without much of a fight.
Indeed, it's said that Russia is the biggest equipment supplier to the Ukrainian army, when Russia's troops abandon their tanks & BMPs to skedaddle the battle.

SmokingJoe: "In reality, going by PPP, the Chinese economy has already overtaken the US economy.
The Dollar Chinese GDP overtaking the US economy will come soon enough.
Talking about fake economic figures...um..did you even pay any attention to the fake state population figures and the fake Congressional district figures given out by Dementia Joe after he seized power?"

Sure, I understand about PPP, but what I'm saying is that Chi-Com economic growth numbers were exaggerated every year for decades, to the point where today some experts say China's real economy is only 40% of what's been claimed -- PPP or not PPP.
Of course, I can't say if that's all true, or not, but I do think we should take the Chi-Coms' claims with a grain or two of salt.

As for US population numbers, there's no doubt in my mind that Democrats have, in effect, declared civil war against the United States and opened the floodgates of illegal immigration in order to restore their own political power base in American big cities.

And as of today, November 1, 2022, it appears Democrats are winning this civil war against America.
So I guess we'll learn next week how thoroughly corrupted they've made us...

SmokingJoe: "And where were you when Obama was deliberately handing out fake economic figures when he was in power?"

So far as I know, everything about Obama was fake, starting with his own birth certificate.
And was Obama the one who redefined "inflation" to make it look much less than it actually was?

Do you remember the Bible story about Abraham negotiating with God to save Sodom & Gomorrah?
God said, "if you can find 10 good men there, then I'll save those cities", and Abraham negotiated God all the way down to finding just one good man.
Well, that is pretty much our sad, sorry state of politics today.
Ten really good people would make a big difference.