With shallow thinking like this it's no wonder the US loses every war it starts.

The Chinese aren't going to be the problem. It will be the American ruling class (and their supporters) that will go deeply reactionary as their global power slips into Chinese hands.

• In the near term, a lot of products will become more expensive (tariffs, manufactured overseas, etc) as waning American global hegemony no longer can use it's power to keep foreign countries exports inexpensive. Chocolate and Coffee are a preview of coming attractions.
• Longer term the US might no longer be seen as a place for International Students and workers. They might go to China instead to study and get jobs. US Citizens might choose to study/work in China too, causing a brain and talent drain from the US.
• It will be foreign policy where the "Chinese Century" will be felt most directly as they become the new global hegemon. You can already see how this works with their "Belt and Road" initiatives as they now have sizable trade partners around the globe. It also slots well with the overall Chinese strategy of building infrastructure. It also circumvents the US trade hegemony.
• The Yuan becomes a serious contender for the worldwide Reserve Currency as trade with China booms. This replaces the dominance of the Petrodollar, and is an existential threat to both US soft and hard power.
  • It cripples the US's ability to unilaterally sanction anybody out of US banking, thus becoming increasingly powerless.
  • It also makes the US's ability to constantly run deficits much harder as US bonds aren't sold.
  • Harder to raise deficits to support the US military as it takes up the most of the Federal budget.
    • Expect drastic cuts (like DOGE :melon-musk:) to make way for the military spending to...
    • ...prop up the fading global influence militarily, like invading Canada/Greenland
  • Of everything here this will trigger the largest and deepest period of Reaction because the consequences hit everybody, from the Military, to Politicians and their bureaucracies, Capitalists and their companies, and finally regular Americans.

I've said it once and said it again, this was entirely predictable and that the business donors would start a fuss to get those workers back.

EDIT: Looks like Sam and Emma are on the same page as I am.

Sam: If we really want to do this, let's go to those farmers who hired undocumented workers and let's lock them up and see what the dynamic is. How different that would be.

Emma: Well remember they tried to do that in Florida and all of those business owners freaked out? Because they were like, "We're okay with you holding over the immigration status, holding that over our workers head so we can pay them sub-minimum wage and potentially abuse them. But you're going to come after us if we hire undocumented people?" And then quickly the Republicans in Florida just scuttled that part of what they were trying to do.

Unironically the kids could blockade the ICE trucks. What is ICE going to do, arrest an entire school of kids? Then the parents get involved...

My one slight praise for capitalism is that it will evaporate all of his accomplishments into thin air and nobody will remember his ass in a year. All that time, energy, and money ultimately will amount to nothing except a small corporate founder cult within HD.

The Bane treatment.

2004 Swiftboat

2024 Horny Couch

This may not be the most important election, but it's gearing up for the funniest.

Whenever a and are the weeks where years happen. May you be successful in whatever you are totally not doing

It's the opposite. Liberals love talking down to others. The hypothetical liberal reading this will put themselves into the shoes of the author rather than the target of the article.

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It's the worst cringe of your life so far!

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