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Originally Posted by DanielDudley
China is like a man who does all the hard and dirty things so his wife can sit at home, file her nails, and let the dishes pile up. She wants to make it his fault that she maxed out the credit card, but the truth is that no other man will have her.
The woman is perfectly capable of taking care of herself, she just lacks the discipline and will. She looks at her children as if they are a burden, but really they are her greatest asset, even as she neglects them and lets them become malnourished and idle.
The only real question here is whether the man will get tired of it or not.
This is really a PARF thread. I can't even remotely think of how to address this directly outside of PARF without triggering people.
No one asked us to borrow money from China, and the only reason we buy things from them is because it is more profitable for businesses than sucking up and manufacturing here in the US. China isn't just an economic powerhouse, it is the powerhouse.
''But, but, you're just a big fat panda.'' ''No, I am THE big fat Panda.''
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I'm not sure that I completely agree. China is the primary, and I think that's mostly because of the resources and amount of people that are united under one govt.
Using your analogy, what about Mexico? Are they one of those little red pandas? They don't have the people or resources, but we do get some stuff from there.
I suspect South America could be another panda. I suspect they have the resources, but I don't think they are unified enough for it to work. I suspect the same goes for Africa, resources, but no unification which would be required to unite the resources, people and supply chain to get products made and shipped.
Russia could probably be another huge fat panda, but due to the long running cold war and the fact that they are so corrupt makes in unlikely right now. I assume another big part of it is that they don't have the population of China. That would probably make them more of a force.
Even Canada probably has a ton of resources, but between the cold and the lack of manpower...
We probably have enough resources to do a lot of what we need, but there are problems. We've got the EPA and the tree huggers (which is good) which would keep us from creating huge pit mines for stuff and grossly polluting. I suspect due to our standard of living and the fact that we have things like the EPA, if we did try to go top to bottom, everything would be far more expensive.
Yes, I think China is the big fat panda. I also think that they are, unfortunately for the world, uniquely suited to that role. They don't really seem to give a darn about their people's health or well being (they've got more where they came from)so they cut corners on pollution and safety which makes things a lot cheaper. They also have an enormous area full of natural resources united under one govt which means that they can get it all done.