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On top of which, this is an old empire run by a cold-blooded dictator. They will not blink at things most modern western nations would never stomach.

China has only been allowed to become this paper tiger by specifically not doing this.

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China owns most of the world's industry and could shatter most nation's economies at will.

And if that industry wasn't selling to the world, how long could China keep it going? Their economy is already a house of cards facing a major slide. You think shutting off the few productive centers could keep it afloat?

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The only way we could hurt China is economically, but the money pulling the strings would never allow it.

I think you underestimate what would happen to Xi if the monied class in China stood to lose it all. There is a reason why Xi has been trying to reign in that specific population the past couple of years.

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Posted by AUCom96

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Member since May 2020

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Posted on 2/24/22 at 9:10 am to SlowFlowPro

Most of that country has lived in subsistence poverty for many times the years America has existed. I think you underestimate how little they are intimidated by sliding back in that direction or by the will of a handful of dwindling, in-fighting, weak western nations...most without any military might left.

Short of nukes, we have little leverage. I also wouldn't trust that coalition you mentioned. They get awfully weak in the knees when the media starts counting bodies. See the middle east, for example, where oil - another crucial economic component - was at risk.

If WW3 starts, we will lose...and it would just be us and MAYBE Britain.

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