America has been losing it's influence with ineffectual leadership either by design or nepotism, but at it's core has still enough assets to come through. For example, it's air superiority would WIN any future major war alone. All the talk of Russian and Chinese 'next-gen fighters' would either be grounded or scrap against the now 26 year old F-22.
China is a MASSIVE glass cannon, their economy is a lie with a currency constantly manipulated, their military is untested and a lot of their gear only looks good from the outside, their buildings are made of tofu effectively that I'm more scared that massive dam will burst on it's own and they have a bigger population issue than even Japan or South Korea. They're effectively a bee in that if they sting it'll hurt but they will die doing it.
They have Tesla and Space X at least, kinda sad that a South African is one of the leading people keeping America in the manufacturing game apart from weapon contractors.
SpaceX is a government grift and Tesla makes glorified toys for environmentalist NIMBYs. It's fucking retarded how Musk mumbling "muh robotaxis" is enough to pump up TSLA's overvalued stock, stock that already priced in said robotaxis that don't exist yet.
America is in second place to China's first place, and we've got about 60% of their capacity. We're also growing our industrial output at about 2x the rate of China, who has significantly slowed down.
Plus we make actual good shit. We produce quality products and high tech stuff, while China makes cheap shit and crappy electronics.
We’re at the stage in the life cycle where our mouse brains will be forced to head towards the smell of cat piss so the parasite can transition to its next host (china)
America has been losing it's influence with ineffectual leadership either by design or nepotism, but at it's core has still enough assets to come through. For example, it's air superiority would WIN any future major war alone. All the talk of Russian and Chinese 'next-gen fighters' would either be grounded or scrap against the now 26 year old F-22.
China is a MASSIVE glass cannon, their economy is a lie with a currency constantly manipulated, their military is untested and a lot of their gear only looks good from the outside, their buildings are made of tofu effectively that I'm more scared that massive dam will burst on it's own and they have a bigger population issue than even Japan or South Korea. They're effectively a bee in that if they sting it'll hurt but they will die doing it.
Manufacturing wins wars. America has none.
They have Tesla and Space X at least, kinda sad that a South African is one of the leading people keeping America in the manufacturing game apart from weapon contractors.
SpaceX is a government grift and Tesla makes glorified toys for environmentalist NIMBYs. It's fucking retarded how Musk mumbling "muh robotaxis" is enough to pump up TSLA's overvalued stock, stock that already priced in said robotaxis that don't exist yet.
America is in second place to China's first place, and we've got about 60% of their capacity. We're also growing our industrial output at about 2x the rate of China, who has significantly slowed down.
Plus we make actual good shit. We produce quality products and high tech stuff, while China makes cheap shit and crappy electronics.
We're fine on a manufacturing front.
We are losing a lot but not quite as hollowed out as the UK. But on our way
I mean, if "not quite as hollowed out as the UK" is our standard of measurement, we might as well just quit right now.
We’re at the stage in the life cycle where our mouse brains will be forced to head towards the smell of cat piss so the parasite can transition to its next host (china)
People forget that Germany also had the most advanced military in WW2