I have a thought experiment I've been wanting some input in. What sort of events could lead to China becoming the economic and military superpower while crippling America and the industrial world?
For instance, China has the ability to control its own currency to an extent unnattainable by western nations.
Can you think of some sort of world-wide financial disaster which would economically cripple everyone but China due to this currency ability (over and undervaluing)?
What other kind of scenarios could lead to MAJOR supremacy of China over America.
Eventually, I'd like to figure out how China might end up occupying America, but first I have to figure this step out.
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4/6/2012 8:38:28 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/6/2012 8:31:14 PM, Wnope wrote: Well the easy (impossible) way would be for China to replace us as the primary provider in so many global markets, like real estate, sugar, computer hardware, software, weaponry, and media. If you really put your mind to it and think about it, you'd realize that as the world currently is, that is an impossible endeavor. However, in terms of there being some sort of paradigm shift and American becoming less affluent and influential than China -- well, haven't you learned anything from Imperialism 101? All it would take is a little domestic civil discord. |
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4/6/2012 8:50:52 PM Posted: 1 year ago what would be the purpose of china taking over the US. How would they benefit?
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4/6/2012 8:58:55 PM Posted: 1 year ago 1. If the RMB replaces the USD as the reserve currency.
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4/6/2012 11:23:57 PM Posted: 1 year ago Once their male population becomes 90% of their population they will crumble. We has this scare when japan was on the rise, until they fell.
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4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM Posted: 1 year ago 1. Mass exodus from the dollar.
2. Government seizure of corporate profits and private property to fund the mass-arming of young males. 3. Mass invasion of US. The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. - Ayn Rand We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it's easy, but when it is hard. - Barack Obama Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. - Mahatma Gandhi Sapere Aude! ________ R.I.P Neil |
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4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass." - Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto http://social-conservatism.blogspot.com... Arms keep peace - Latin proverb Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. - Lou Holtz |
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4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: They do have 1.4 billion people... The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. - Ayn Rand We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it's easy, but when it is hard. - Barack Obama Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. - Mahatma Gandhi Sapere Aude! ________ R.I.P Neil |
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4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: Yes, but we have around 14 trillion blades of grass |
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4/7/2012 12:08:25 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: Its a quote, meant to make a point. If they invade us, we all die as the world goes into nuclear war, and if the nukes even fail it goes quality vs quantity, and US gun ownership. Also I know how to make bombs >:) But making them is illegal, :( but knowing how isn't ;) http://social-conservatism.blogspot.com... Arms keep peace - Latin proverb Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. - Lou Holtz |
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4/7/2012 12:08:31 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: 1,400,000,000 angry asians vs. 3 mil fat americans... and about the grass... asians are great rice pickers so.... The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. - Ayn Rand We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it's easy, but when it is hard. - Barack Obama Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. - Mahatma Gandhi Sapere Aude! ________ R.I.P Neil |
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4/7/2012 12:09:42 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:08:25 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: Bombs are easy as h3ll to make :P...napalm's better :D |
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4/7/2012 12:10:15 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:09:42 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:25 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: thermite bombs. >:) http://social-conservatism.blogspot.com... Arms keep peace - Latin proverb Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. - Lou Holtz |
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4/7/2012 12:11:17 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:10:15 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:09:42 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:25 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: hmmm.....I still prefer my napalm :D besides thermites legal :P |
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4/7/2012 12:12:55 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:11:17 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:10:15 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:09:42 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:25 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: You can make thermite in crisis. Also, napalm wot melt through tanks. http://social-conservatism.blogspot.com... Arms keep peace - Latin proverb Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. - Lou Holtz |
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4/7/2012 12:14:34 AM Posted: 1 year ago China uses its economic might to create a superpac getting my elected as president with blackvoid as my VP. We purposely destroy America by ruining the military fighting wars in Africa, Australia, and the "invasion of Antarctica" where we send our troops to march across Antarctica shooting penguins. Then we take away all money that goes to welfare or social programs, grind it up in blenders and use it as a swimming pool. Riots ensue, and China invades while we're weak.
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4/7/2012 12:15:07 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:08:31 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: While I was joking about the grass, I must say your numbers are skewed.... China's population is 1.38 billion http://www.google.com.... The number of fighting men is going to be maybe half that. Then America is full of 300 million people, roughly. Take half that. Roughly. So final numbers are! CHINA 600 million US 150 million |
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4/7/2012 12:16:39 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:15:07 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:31 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: they still have the problem of getting their soldiers across the Pacific ocean... |
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4/7/2012 12:17:02 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:15:07 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:31 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: We are being invaded, so defense right? In westpoint I think they teach the attackers need a 4-1 advantage. Your numbers mean we win. (the 150 vs 600) http://social-conservatism.blogspot.com... Arms keep peace - Latin proverb Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. - Lou Holtz |
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4/7/2012 12:17:52 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:15:07 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:31 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: Plus, we have a far superior military, and have the home field advantage. Not to mention we can resort to guerilla warfare. California would be lost if it came to guerilla warfare, but I mean, would that really be a loss? -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-OBERHERR'S SIGNATURE-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Official Enforcer for the DDO Elite(if they existed). Signature Quote <pending> -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- |
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4/7/2012 12:17:53 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:14:34 AM, thett3 wrote: We already need to do that http://social-conservatism.blogspot.com... Arms keep peace - Latin proverb Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. - Lou Holtz |
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4/7/2012 12:18:33 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:12:55 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:11:17 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:10:15 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:09:42 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:25 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: But, napalm will cook the soldiers inside the tanks and cook off the ammo :P |
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4/7/2012 12:19:20 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:17:02 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:15:07 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:31 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: Um....that is a 4-1 advantage........ But, we would win because our tech, civilians being armed with guns, and the home field advantage. -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-OBERHERR'S SIGNATURE-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Official Enforcer for the DDO Elite(if they existed). Signature Quote <pending> -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- |
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4/7/2012 12:19:29 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:18:33 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:12:55 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:11:17 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:10:15 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:09:42 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:25 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: Yes, read the book patriots. The thermite bombs explode the gas tanks and render it useless. Also the napalm must enter the tank, the thermite melts through. http://social-conservatism.blogspot.com... Arms keep peace - Latin proverb Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. - Lou Holtz |
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4/7/2012 12:20:02 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:19:20 AM, OberHerr wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:17:02 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:15:07 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:31 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: Plus the fact they need to transport their soldiers across the Pacific and through the US's navy... |
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4/7/2012 12:20:42 AM Posted: 1 year ago Napalm is also good for lowering enemy moral.
Also, I know this sounds racist, but I can't help thinking hat the average American would also be able to crush a little Chinaman in close quarters.... -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-OBERHERR'S SIGNATURE-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Official Enforcer for the DDO Elite(if they existed). Signature Quote <pending> -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- |
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4/7/2012 12:21:10 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:20:02 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:19:20 AM, OberHerr wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:17:02 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:15:07 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:31 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: the Navy is circling the coast of Africa shooting everything. They're busy! Izbo10: "I have shown incredible restraint in the face of unrelenting stupidity" HG on qopel "qopel must burn faster than it takes ketchup to go on fries!" HG on Vietnam: "It was a glorious victory and we should celebrate it." HG on Newt Gingrich: "You see he is a delicate little doughnut, not a rough alligator like you make him look" |
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4/7/2012 12:21:37 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:19:29 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:18:33 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:12:55 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:11:17 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:10:15 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:09:42 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:08:25 AM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:06:12 AM, PartamRuhem wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:01:53 AM, Apollo.11 wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:59:43 PM, 16kadams wrote:At 4/6/2012 11:26:04 PM, Apollo.11 wrote: The extreme heat generated by napalm makes the tank into an oven...the soldier inside the oven dies. Due to the extreme heat, the ammo cooks off destroying the tank rendering it unusable :P |
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4/7/2012 12:22:17 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:20:42 AM, OberHerr wrote: And this. |
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4/7/2012 12:22:50 AM Posted: 1 year ago At 4/7/2012 12:20:02 AM, THEBOMB wrote:At 4/7/2012 12:19:20 AM, OberHerr wrote:Um....that is a 4-1 advantage........ Yeah, good luck with that. Called, we use some cruise missiles, blow up their transports, bye bye Chinese army. -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-OBERHERR'S SIGNATURE-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- Official Enforcer for the DDO Elite(if they existed). Signature Quote <pending> -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- |









