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[–] marx_mentat@hexbear.net 179 points 1 year ago (158 children)

There's something extremely funny about the president of the US looking at what's going on China and saying out loud, "Their economy is a ticking time bomb." This is almost an onion news story.

[–] immuredanchorite@hexbear.net 85 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

dem

Listen, Fat! The US economy is doing better than any economy has every done in history, Jack. I call it Bidenomics. Get with the program.

biden-nibble biden-rember biden-point DaBiden

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[–] gnuhaut@lemmy.ml 148 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Yeah yeah, I've heard that before. There's a whole cottage industry of "experts" that have predicted the imminent collapse of China going back decades. Call me when it actually happens.

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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 116 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you think China's economy is a time bomb wait til you hear about what it means when the dollar is no longer the reserve currency around the world.

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[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 102 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By my estimates, China has only 70 more years until complete and utter collapse!

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[–] Grebgreb@hexbear.net 94 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The country that leads the world in mass shootings shouldn't be labeling other countries as "ticking time bombs."

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[–] Parsani@hexbear.net 90 points 1 year ago (17 children)

The old federation is dying, the new one struggles to be born. Now is the time of unlimited China struggle sessions.

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[–] AkariMizunashi@hexbear.net 89 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

It feels really remarkable how quickly in the late 2010s that top level people in the US government (as well as the media and society generally) pivoted to using annihilationist rhetoric as though China is some sort of anime arch-enemy they have to power up to defeat. I guess this is probably what the red scare years after 1945 felt like when the US and USSR quickly shifted from allies to rivals

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[–] kristina@hexbear.net 80 points 1 year ago

ANY DAY NOW

[–] Flinch@hexbear.net 77 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Man leading country with the largest homeless population in the world says country which eliminated extreme poverty within its borders is about to collapse, of course this is true and should be taken seriously very-intelligent

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[–] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me upvoting a comment and when it refreshes, seeing it's been upvoted 8 times since I navigated to the page sicko-pog

[–] Grownbravy@hexbear.net 74 points 1 year ago (14 children)

What troubles?

Can you describe the troubles?

Are the troubles in the room with us?

[–] mar_k@hexbear.net 74 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

They're straight up gaslighting LMAO. This is an actual, recent headline from the wsj:

https://archive.is/SBNOE

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[–] Tofu_Lewis@hexbear.net 72 points 1 year ago (5 children)

CHINA COLLAPSING ANY DAY NOW

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[–] booty@hexbear.net 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)

man in glass house throws stones

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[–] Flaps@hexbear.net 67 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Well ima call the US a ticking timebomb, how about that Jack biden-alert

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[–] puff@hexbear.net 65 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Pot calls the kettle a pot.

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