Stuff like this is honestly why I am not super concerned about China winning the game of Civilization. They are putting up a nice, terrifying front, and they are using their paid stooges in the media to push the narrative that they are unstoppable, hoping it will scare people into just giving up so that they dont have to fight. But behind the scenes, the situation is MUCH more shaky, and the odds are much higher that they will go the way of the Soviets rather than them displacing America for the top spot in the world. They have too many irons in the fire, and they cant keep it going much longer, with a population crunch never before seen in human history on top of an economy and financial state even worse than just about any country on the planet.
The problem is they don't need to win. Western nations have been/are continuing to be suberverted so brutally that all china needs to do is not collapse first.
They won't be able to project power if they are in shambles. There is a chance everyone else is in shambles too, but basically the worry for locals in most any area around the world would be their local civil wars and conflicts, not a world bully China.
Stuff like this is honestly why I am not super concerned about China winning the game of Civilization. They are putting up a nice, terrifying front, and they are using their paid stooges in the media to push the narrative that they are unstoppable, hoping it will scare people into just giving up so that they dont have to fight. But behind the scenes, the situation is MUCH more shaky, and the odds are much higher that they will go the way of the Soviets rather than them displacing America for the top spot in the world. They have too many irons in the fire, and they cant keep it going much longer, with a population crunch never before seen in human history on top of an economy and financial state even worse than just about any country on the planet.
The problem is they don't need to win. Western nations have been/are continuing to be suberverted so brutally that all china needs to do is not collapse first.
They won't be able to project power if they are in shambles. There is a chance everyone else is in shambles too, but basically the worry for locals in most any area around the world would be their local civil wars and conflicts, not a world bully China.